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Individual music therapy and wellbeing in dementia

Conditions
Dementia
Registration Number
NL-OMON25091
Lead Sponsor
Alzheimer nederland
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria

1- A chart diagnosis of dementia, which is usually according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV criteria (American psychiatric association, 2001).
2-Clinically relevant NPS measured with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version (NPI-NH) with the Frequency X Severity item score for at least one individual item = 4

Exclusion Criteria

1-Residents who have received individual music therapy before and residents who have participated in group music therapy in the last 3 months.
2-Major comorbid psychiatric diagnosis (i.e. schizophrenia, psychosis, anxiety disorders). Depression is part of the NPI and patients with a history of depression will not be excluded.
Residents with a hearing impairment that considerably impairs hearing, speech or music played at a moderately volume. We will use item 1a of the Severe Dual Sensory Loss in old age screening tool (SDSL)42. SDSL was found a valid and reliable

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Well-being is measured by a blinded research assistant at baseline, six weeks and twelve weeks, during 5 minutes before and after the intervention session or individual attention session with the Discomfort Scale - Dementia of Alzheimer Type (DS-DAT).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary outcomes include pain, quality of life, neuropsychiatric symptoms, anxiety, agitation, symptoms of depression, quality of sleep and psychotropic drug use.<br>
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