Music and Physical Activity in Persons With Dementia

Dementia Frontal Clinical Trial

Official title:

Dignity for Persons With Dementia and Signs of Frontotemporal Affection in Institutions.See us and Dance With us

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03447444
• Other study ID #: Frontallob dementia
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 11, 2014
• Est. completion date: February 27, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Oslo Metropolitan University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Fronto lobe dementia constitutes 10-20 % of dementia conditions within younger persons (>65). People with neuronal degeneration in frontal and temporal lobes demonstrate a decline in social conduct, apathy, loss of insight that is gradual and progressive. Family members often experience guilt and shame because of the patients' behavior before institutionalization, and different behavioral disorders will cause great challenges to family caregivers and to staff after institutionalization. Preservation of dignity, both in regards to the person being affected, and their relatives, therefore seem highly relevant both before and after institutionalization.

Description:

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a combined intervention of physical activity and music therapy could reduce restlessness, irritability, and aggression among institutionalized people with severe dementia. An exploratory design was used to evaluate a combined intervention of physical activity, music therapy, and in- or outdoors walking daily, systematically implemented for eight weeks for persons with severe dementia in institutional care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 8
• Est. completion date: February 27, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 27, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:Persons with dementia with symptoms of frontal lobe dementia, who had lived for at least 6 months in a unit special care dementia unit in a nursing home

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Exclusion Criteria:

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia
• Dementia Frontal

Intervention

Other:
• music and physical activity
This feasibility study focus on promoting a combination of music therapy and physical activity with the primary goal to describe the influence on restlessness, irritability, and aggression in persons with severe stage of dementia with a mixture of symptoms including frontal lobe problems in institutional care. A secondary goal is to investigate the treatment fidelity.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Oslo Metropolitan University	Oslo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oslo Metropolitan University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Brøset Violence Checklist	The BVC assesses the presence of six observable patient behaviors, namely whether the patient is confused, irritable, boisterous, verbally threatening, physically threatening, and/or attacking objects	change from baseline to eight weeks into intervention
Secondary	Neuropsychiatric Inventory	The Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire [NPI-Q] is a clinical instrument for assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia	baseline