Music Based Caregiving in Patients With Pain and Dementia

Summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the pain-relieving effect of a well-characterized non-pharmacological treatment program, music-based caregiving (MBC), to patients in nursing homes with dementia and pain. Patients with dementia disease will be recruited from nursing homes in Trondheim and Oslo, and each ward at the nursing homes will be cluster randomized into intervention - or control wards. Then the health care personnel in the intervention wards will receive education in MBC and perform the intervention during eight weeks. The hypothesis is that this non-pharmacological intervention will reduce pain intensity and improve general activity, as well as reduce other symptoms in nursing home patients with dementia and pain compared to baseline.

Conditions

• Pain
• Dementia
• Music
• Activity, Motor
• Quality of Life

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music based caregiving

The intervention (MBC) consists of daily individualized prerecorded music integrated with activity with about 30 minutes duration, combined with a one hour active session in groups twice weekly. The music will be selected based on individualized preferences from the patients or their family. The music will also be adapted to the day rhythm; awakening in the morning, support activities during the day, or for sleep in the evening. The healthcare worker will bring playback equipment e.g. a CD-player to the patient room. In addition will two weekly sessions in groups be performed (each on one hour) with music and movement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Helse Midt-Norge

  collaborator OTHER

• St. Olavs Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Oslo

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Bergen

  collaborator OTHER

• Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Oslo University Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tone Rustøen, PhD · Oslo University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-08-05

Primary Completion

2020-08-05

Completion

2020-08-05

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations