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Efficacy of a Biodanza Program in People With Alzheimer's Disease.

NCT04113967 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-10-03

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Summary

This study aims to know the efficacy of a biodanza program in adults diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and it is a randomized controlled trial where the control group, which maintains its usual treatment, will form a waiting list to perform any of the treatments outside the follow-up period. There will also be a group that will carry out intervention with biodanza.

For the selection of the sample, there will be the participation of different Alzheimer associations and geriatric centers in the province of Almeria. The inclusion criteria will be between 60 and 75 years old, with a primary diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, and who have never participated in any biodanza session or have knowledge about it. Those whose diagnosis is different from Alzheimer's disease or who suffers from a physical or psychological illness that prevents the execution of the sessions and all who do not participate in at least 75% (9 sessions) of the sessions will be excluded from the study.

The biodanza program will consist of 12 sessions, one per week, during three months. The control group will continue with its usual treatment and activities, without suffering any alteration. A measurement of the groups (control group and biodanza group) will be carried out before the start and after the end of the sessions. The questionnaires and scales administered to the participants include demographical and clinical variables, physical state variables, cognitive variables, and emotional and behavioral variables. Finally, statistical analyzes will be performed using SPSS version 23. In the case of quantitative variables, they will be expressed as mean and standard deviation and, when the variables are of qualitative type, they will be represented by frequency and percentages.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
  • Mental Disorder
  • Mood Disorders
  • Physically Disabled

Interventions

OTHER

Biodanza program

Biodanza is a form of intervention aimed at promoting health and well-being through the promotion of self-expression and self-regulation through interaction through music and dance. The music accompanied by the movement of the body induces some experiences that present the ability to modify the organism itself both at an organic level, as affective-motor and existential. This intervention constitutes a means for the correct development of human qualities, whose purpose is to integrate the potentials of bond, health and harmony, as well as to develop new alternatives for the life of each individual.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad de Almeria

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-01
Primary Completion
2018-07-01
Completion
2018-10-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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