Tokyo, Feb. 7 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000060606) titled 'Development of the Affiliation Motivation Scale for Older Adults Requiring Long-Term Care' on Feb. 6.

Study Type: Observational

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Kio University

Condition: Condition - Older adults requiring long-term care who use outpatient/day-care rehabilitation (day-care rehab) or day-care services in Japan Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To develop an affiliation motivation measurement scale tailored to older adults requiring long-term care by examining and refining an existing 26-item affiliation motivation scale (four social reward domains: emotional support, positive stimulation, social comparison, and attention), and to evaluate its psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability, and measurement error) in users of day-care rehabilitation/day-care services. Basic objectives2 - Others

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 65 years-old <= Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - Aged 65 years or older Cognitive status: Independence level in daily living for older adults with dementia is Level I or no problem (largely independent in daily life) Has been using day-care rehabilitation or day-care services for more than 3 months Written informed consent obtained from the participant Key exclusion criteria - Severe visual or hearing impairment Requires acute medical management End-of-life status or receiving palliative care Japanese is not the participant's first language Target Size - 210

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 02 Month 06 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 04 Month 01 Day Last follow-up date - 2027 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000069323

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