Quality of Life Clinical Trial
Official title:
Music Therapy for Persons With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Crossover Trial
Verified date | February 2023 |
Source | University of Iowa |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a specific, protocol-based group music therapy intervention, relative to a verbal discussion activity. The study will examine the impact of the specified music therapy intervention on: (1) affective outcomes, (2) social engagement behaviors, and (3) observed quality of life of persons with ADRD. This study will use a within-subjects randomized crossover design involving N=30 persons with ADRD from nursing homes to examine two levels of independent variable: singing-based music therapy and verbal discussion. Both conditions will be held in small groups of 3-6 participants. Nursing homes will be randomly assigned to an intervention sequence in a counterbalanced order (either music therapy first or verbal discussion first), and participants serve as their own controls. Each condition will occur three times per week for two consecutive weeks (6 sessions per treatment). Each session lasts for 25 minutes in the afternoon. A 2-week "wash-out" period (i.e., usual treatment) will occur between conditions. Participants will remain with their assigned small group for all study activities (i.e., music therapy, verbal discussion). Board-certified music therapists (i.e., MT-BC) will lead both conditions and will complete systematic training to ensure these conditions are implemented as intended, following a manualized protocol. An independent auditor will conduct random checks to ensure the music therapists are implementing the conditions as stipulated in the protocol. Data takers will complete systematic, manualized training to ensure reliable data collection.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 32 |
Est. completion date | September 30, 2018 |
Est. primary completion date | September 30, 2018 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 65 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Residents of nursing homes in Eastern Iowa - Physician's diagnosis (e.g., primary care doctor, neurologist) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or a related dementia (e.g., vascular) - At least 65 years old - English is first and primary language - Have lived at facility for at least 3 months Exclusion Criteria: - Individuals who currently receive music therapy services from a board-certified music therapist - Severe hearing loss that prohibits enjoyment of music - Severe vision impairment that precludes seeing enlarged visual aids and font - Those identified with "age-related cognitive decline" without a formal diagnosis of AD or a related dementia - Individuals receiving hospice services or are bedridden - Individuals with young onset AD - Individuals with co-occurring Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Down's syndrome, or severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive or major anxiety disorder identified prior to dementia diagnosis) |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Iowa |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Social Engagement Behavior Score | Refers to participants' involvement within the social environment, measured measured by trained data takers using the Menorah Park Engagement Scale (MPES; Camp et al., 2015). The MPES was designed for use with dementia patients. According to this scale, there are 5 categories of engagement: constructive, passive, other engagement, non-engagement, and disengagement. These categories are measured via behavioral observation in 5-minute observation intervals. Behaviors are rated: not at all (0), up to half of the observation interval (1 point), or more than half of the observation interval (2 points). The MPES incorporates the Observed Emotion Rating Scale, described in another section. | Week 8 | |
Primary | Emotion Behavior Score | Refers to participants' displayed facial expressions as an indicator of basic emotions, measured by trained data takers using the Observed Emotion Rating Scale (OERS; Lawton et al., 1996; 1999). The OERS was designed for use with dementia patients. Four of the 5 items on this scale will be used (pleasure, anger, anxiety/fear, depression/sadness; not interest) in 5-minute observation intervals during each session, in conjunction with the Menorah Park Engagement Scale (described in an earlier section). | Week 8 | |
Primary | Mood Behavior Score | Refers to behavioral indicators of emotion over a longer period of time (i.e., mood), measured using the AD-RD Mood Scale (Tappen & Williams, 2008; designed for use with dementia patients). This proxy measure will be completed weekly by facility care staff who have interacted frequently with participants over the past week. The scale yields a positive mood total score with two subscores (spirited, contented) and a negative mood total score with three subscores (hostile, apathetic, sad). | Week 8 | |
Primary | Self-Reported Feelings Score | Refers to momentary, self-reported feelings of participants before and after music therapy and verbal discussion sessions. Measured using the Dementia Mood Picture Test (DMPT; Tappen & Barry, 1995), which is a 6-item self-report measure that was designed to use with patients with more severe dementia. It uses simple face drawings and verbal descriptors to facilitate a response. Yields a single score that ranges from 0 (most negative mood) to 12 (most positive mood). Administered before and after each session. | Week 8 | |
Primary | Quality of Life Behavior Score | Refers to behavioral indicators of quality of life over a week, measured using the QUALIDEM (Ettema, 2007; Ettema at al., 2005; designed for use with dementia patients). This proxy measure will be completed weekly by facility care staff who have interacted frequently with participants over the past week. This measure considers multiple person-environment dimensions of how the individual with dementia interacts with his or her environment, and includes objective environmental and behavioral components, the patient's subjective experience, and how the person functions within the social environment. | Week 8 |
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