Music Therapy and Psycho-behavioral Disorders in the Elderly Population

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• Conditions: Music Therapy; Behavioral Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Music therapy session via tools validated by MUSIC CARE

• Registration Number: NCT04702594
• Lead Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon

Brief Summary

Since the 1990s, neuroscience, with functional MRI, has made it possible to understand the beneficial neurophysiological effect of music on man and his brain. They have shown that music stimulates brain plasticity and contributes to the reorganization of the affected neural circuits. The concept of cerebral plasticity and cerebral symphony have thus been developed. In March 2008, the HAS (High Authority for Health) proposed in its recommendations good practices concerning the management of neurodegenerative diseases that "Music therapy, aromatherapy, multisensory stimulation ... could improve certain of behavior's aspects ". Music has shown that memory capacity can remain present in people with Alzheimer's disease even in the advanced stages. Music also improves the well-being of patients with Alzheimer's or mixed dementia living in institutions and reduces the suffering of caregivers. It improves communication with others, including those who have lost the usual codes of communication and improves the quality of sleep of elderly people living in institutions.

However, although musical interventions have recently gained popularity as a non-pharmacological treatment for dementia, the scientific evidence warrants further research.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-07
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-11
• Study Start: 2021-01-18
• Status Verified: 2021-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 2021-07-14
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-18
• Study Completion: 2021-08-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients over the age of 60 present in the reinforced hospital unit during the study period
• Patients over 60 years hospitalized in follow-up care and rehabilitation with behavioral disorders in the context of a neurocognitive disorder

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Exclusion Criteria

• Unpaired deafness
• Refusal to participate

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
UHR and SRH	Music therapy session via tools validated by MUSIC CARE	All patients over the age of 60 present in the UHR and hospitalized in SRH with behavioral disorders in the context of a neurocognitive disorder

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evolution of the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory (NPI) scale	Baseline, once a week during study participation and at the end of the patient's participation in the study (1 month after inclusion)	The improvement in psycho-behavioral symptoms will be assessed by the NPI score provided by the MUSIC CARE application carried out by a caregiver.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hôpital Pierre Garraud; 🇫🇷 Lyon, France