Community Based Music and Dance Movement Therapy Group for Older Adults With Dementia

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Community Based Music and Dance Movement Therapy Group for Older Adults With Dementia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03404050
• Other study ID #: SL PhD
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 9, 2018
• Last updated: January 18, 2018
• Start date: June 13, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 12, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: Edge Hill University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study explores the value of a particular community based music and dance movement therapy group for older adults with dementia?

To answer this question, the investigators intend to address the following two sub-questions:

1. How does participants' use of music and movement change over time?

2. Did a music and dance movement therapy group improve participants' depressive symptoms?

Description:

A systematic review identified a need to explore the value of an arts therapies group for older adults with dementia living in the community with early to moderate stage dementia. This client population commonly experience depression, social withdrawal and cognitive difficulties and literature suggests a music and dance movement therapy group could potentially make a contribution to both reducing symptoms and improving communication and wellbeing. However, there is still lack of clarity on clinically meaningful outcome measures, detail regarding the therapeutic process and questions remain regarding the trustworthiness of qualitative observations. This mixed method feasibility study aims to test whether the interventions translate to a community setting, provide richer insight into the meaningful aspect of the therapeutic process and provide some preliminary quantitative findings.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 7
• Est. completion date: September 12, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 12, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 65 years old

• Living in the community

• Diagnosis of dementia

• Adequate functional hearing/vision

• Sufficient knowledge of English to understand participant information sheet

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants excluded if they suffered from any physical or psychological conditions that make it difficult to access a group setting independently.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia

Intervention

Other:
• Music and dance movement therapy
Theoretically, the intervention adopts a humanistic approach of person centred care highlighting the importance of maintaining and enhancing personhood for older people with dementia.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Edge Hill University	Ormskirk	Lancs

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Edge Hill University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia	Joint interview with participant and care provider/family member regarding signs and symptoms of depression; a score greater than 10 indicates probably major depressive episode	7 days

External Links

•   Registered systematic review protocol