Agitated BehavioR of Elderly and Alternative Simple Treatments: Individualized Music – a feasibility and pilot study (the ABrEAST-iM study)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Older adults living in residential care facilities with diagnosis of mild to moderate dementia; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37367520
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Victoria

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2016-08-20
• Study Start: 2019-05-25
• Last Update Posted: 15 June 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

1. Mild to moderate dementia (i.e., a CPS score 2 to 4) using as a proxy of cognitive capability, the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) that is part of the Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set 2.0 (RAI-MDS 2.0) (reference period of seven days)
2. Manifested BPSD, when at least two indicators (e.g., resistance to care, abusiveness, aggressive or socially inappropriate behavior) are present in the last assessment as they are monitored in the RAI-MDS section E4 (i.e., a, b, c, d, e) (reference period of seven days)
3. Lived in the residential care home for at least one month (at the start of the study)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Accompanying diagnosis of manic depressive – bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
2. Living in a hospice care program

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified