Individualized music for people with dementia in home care - Acceptance and effectiveness of an app-based music interventio

Phase 2

Recruiting

• Conditions: F00; F01; F02; F03; Dementia in Alzheimer disease; Vascular dementia; Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere; Unspecified dementia

• Registration Number: DRKS00025502
• Lead Sponsor: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 98

Inclusion Criteria

People with dementia with medically diagnosed dementia
Lives at home
No serious hearing problems
Participation as a dyad with family caregivers

Exclusion Criteria

For people with dementia:
Planned move to a nursing home within the next three months.

For family caregivers:
Serious unstable or progressive illness, lack of German language skills, serious psychiatric diagnoses, obvious cognitive impairments, participation in another study for family caregivers.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Before randomization, an individual goal that participants aim to achieve through the 6-week music intervention, will be formulated by family caregivers using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) during a telephone interview with a project member. Criteria will also be defined to measure goal attainment. The assessment of goal attainment will take place at T2 by the family caregivers.