Effect of personalised music listening on quality of life and cognitive abilities in persons with dementia

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Dementia; Cognitive decline; Agitation; Anxiety; Depression; Neurological - Dementias; Neurological - Alzheimer's disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001017819
• Lead Sponsor: Murdoch University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 24 April 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must:
1. have a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer's disease within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders 5 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), as documented in medical history
2. have a score range between 16 to 24 (within the past 3 years) as measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Folstein et al., 1975; Clark et al., 1999)
3. be able to provide informed consent or informed consent to be provided by Proof of Guardianship from family members
4. be able to listen to music. Please note: wearing hearing aids or conditions such as Tinnitus would not affect participation in the study.
5. not be experiencing an acute mental illness
6. reside in aged-care homes

Exclusion Criteria

Participants must not:
1. have a history of untreated major psychiatric disorders
2. have cochlear implants
3. have profound hearing loss that has not had any hearing management or treatment and interferes with the ability to hear normally
4. have Lewy body dementia

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
We will compare indices of quality of life for dementia patients (as assessed by DEMQOL and DEMQOL-Proxy) taken at baseline (pre-intervention) to those taken at subsequent timepoints (post-intervention: 1.5 months, 3 months, 4.5 months, 6 months after baseline).<br>[Baseline, 1.5 months, 3 months, 4.5 months and 6 months after intervention commences.]