Impact of Improvisation Music Therapy for Persons Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Brief-COPE
研究概览
简要总结
Older adults and their care partners will participate in music therapy sessions for approximately 8 weeks. Before and after the 8 week study period, participants will fill out questionnaires about their mood, stress levels, and emotions. During the music therapy sessions, they may be observed or asked questions about the music therapy sessions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Inclusion criteria for the Person Living with Dementia (PLWD) are:
- •Age 60 and over, living independently in the community
- •Medical diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
- •Mild dementia defined as MoCA score between 16-20, or MMSE score between 19-24
- •Sufficient visual and hearing acuity (age-related to normal hearing loss with assistive devices)
- •English fluency rated fairly well to well (self-rated English fluency)
- •Inclusion Criteria for Caregiver are:
- •Age 18 or Older
- •Moderate to good English fluency (self-rated English fluency)
- •Willing to participate in intervention with PLWD
排除标准
- •Exclusion criteria for PLWD are:
- •Medical diagnosis of severe dementia (any etiology)
- •Non-AD dementia diagnosis (e.g., frontotemporal dementia)
- •Serious medical condition (e.g., an end-stage disease requiring hospice, aphasia from stroke, paralysis, brain injury) requiring active medical management that would interfere with participation in the study
- •Significant difficulty moving the hands or arms (severe arthritis, neuropathy)
- •Plans to move out of the area within six months
- •Exclusion criteria for Caregiver are:
- •Current but not prior severe psychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
- •Serious medical condition (e.g., an end-stage disease requiring hospice, aphasia from stroke, paralysis, brain injury) requiring active medical management that would interfere with participation in the study
- •Plans to move out of the area
研究组 & 干预措施
Group A
Clinical Improvisation Immediately
干预措施: Clinical Improvisation (Behavioral)
Group B
Delayed Onset Clinical improvisation
干预措施: Clinical Improvisation (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Brief-COPE
时间窗: Baseline and Post-Intervention, 8 weeks
The Brief COPE is a 28 item measure of strategies used for coping or regulating cognitions in response to stressors. The questions assess the frequency with which a person uses different coping strategies (e.g. "I've been turning to work or other activities to take my mind off strings") and the respondent gives a rating on a 5 item scale (1= I haven't been doing this at all to 4 I've been doing this a lot).
SOBC Perceived Stress Scale
时间窗: Baseline and Post Intervention, 8 weeks
The Perceived Stress Scale ask participants about their feelings and thoughts during the last month. There are 10 items and participants are asked how often they felt orr thought a certian way (0 = never to 4 very often)
次要结局
- Dementia Mood Picture Test(Baseline and Post Intervention, 8 weeks)
- SOBC Positive and Negative Affect (PANAS)(Baseline and Post Intervention, 8 weeks)
- Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI-Q)(Baseline and Post Intervention, 8 weeks)
- Kingston Caregivers STress Scale(Baseline and Post-Intervention, 8 weeks)