A Music-with-movement Exercise Program for Community-dwelling Older Adults Suffering From Chronic Pain: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Music-with-movement Exercise Program for Community-dwelling Older Adults Suffering From Chronic Pain: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04696211
• Other study ID #: MMEP
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: Mimi MY Tse, PhD
• Phone: 852 2766 6541
• Email: mimi.tse[@]polyu.edu.hk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Background: The high prevalence of chronic pain in community-dwelling older adults requires attention from nurses. The aim of the present study is to use a music-with-movement exercise program to improve the pain situations of older adults with chronic pain.

Aims and objectives:

The aim of this study is to implement a music-with-movement exercise program (MMEP) for older adults suffering from chronic pain.

The objectives of this study are:

• To evaluate the effects of a music-with-movement exercise program on improving the pain intensity, pain self-efficacy, mood, and quality of life of the older adults with chronic pain

• To observe the participants' level of adherence to the music-with-movement exercise by using an exercise logbook and measurements of heart rate

Anticipated outcomes: This study will be a pilot randomized controlled trial. An 8-week music-with-movement exercise program will be used as the intervention for older adults with chronic pain in District Elderly Centers in Hong Kong. It will consist of four sessions of center-based, face-to-face activities and four weeks home-based and digital-based activities delivered through a WhatsApp group. A music therapist, in consultation with the physiotherapist, will lead the center-based activities. Each center-based session will consist of 30 minutes of music-with-movement exercise and 10 minutes of instruction on pain knowledge and pain management. Each participant will receive an exercise logbook to practice and record the frequency of their engagement in the music-with-movement exercise at home. They will receive WhatsApp reminders to remind them to continue the home-based sessions. Outcome measures include pain intensity, pain self-efficacy, mood, heart rate and physical activity intensity, and quality of life. Data will be collected before and after the intervention. Participants need to complete the exercise logbook to record their adherence to the intervention. The findings of this study will provide clinical implications for nurses to integrate music with movement exercise to manage pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 60 or above

• Can understand Cantonese

• Have a history of non-cancer pain in the past 3 months

• Have a pain score of at least 2 as measured by the Numeric Rating Scale (on an 11-point numeric scale)

• Able to take part in an exercise and stretching program

• Owns a smartphone and can access the Internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have severe visual and/or auditory deficits

• Have a serious organic disease or malignant tumor

• Have a mental disorder diagnosed by neurologists or psychiatrists

• Had surgical treatments in the past two months

• Experienced drug addiction

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain
• Elderly
• Music-with-movement Exercise
• Pain Management

Intervention

Other:
• Music-with-movement exercise
A music-with-movement exercise programme to reduce chronic pain in older adults.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	Changes from baseline to Week 8 in pain intensity using the Chinese version of Brief Pain Inventory (BPI-C)	Baseline, Week 8
Secondary	Pain self-efficacy	Changes from baseline to Week 8 in pain self-efficacy using the Chinese version of Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire	Baseline, Week 8
Secondary	Loneliness	Changes from baseline to Week 8 in loneliness using the Chinese version of De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale	Baseline, Week 8
Secondary	Depression	Changes from baseline to Week 8 in depression using the Chinese version of Geriatric Depression Scale	Baseline, Week 8
Secondary	Satisfaction and acceptability	Questions designed by the research team to collect the participants' satisfaction and acceptability	Week 8