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Group-Based Telehealth Music Therapy Intervention for Patients With Dementia: A Pilot Study

NCT05508646 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2024-01-30

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Summary

Twelve participants and their care partners will be randomized for the intervention. The music therapy intervention takes place once a week for 6 weeks via telemedicine, with the first session reserved for music therapy intake/assessment. There are 5 additional visits, once per week. The format of the sessions may include: a greeting song to orient the participant to the start of the session; singing of 1-3 preferred/chosen songs to address cognition and communication; two movement songs with instrument playing interventions to stimulate cognition and movement; songwriting for self-expression, cognitive, and emotional support; relaxation/mindfulness; a closing song to help the participant transition at the completion of the session, The music therapist also provides training to caregivers in techniques to utilize music for behavioral support.

Twelve participants and their care partners will be randomized to receive a personalized music CD that they keep and can listen to as they wish.

Conditions

  • Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
  • Alzheimer Disease
  • Lewy Body Disease
  • Frontotemporal Dementia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music therapy intervention

The format of the sessions may include: a greeting song to orient the participant to the start of the session; singing of 1-3 preferred/chosen songs to address cognition and communication; two movement songs with instrument playing interventions to stimulate cognition and movement; songwriting for self-expression, cognitive, and emotional support; relaxation/mindfulness; a closing song to help the participant transition at the completion of the session, The music therapist also provides training to caregivers in techniques to utilize music for behavioral support.

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized music CD

Participants will receive a personalized music CD that they keep and can listen to as they wish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Geisinger Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maya Lichtenstein, MD · Geisinger Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
110 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-01
Primary Completion
2024-01-01
Completion
2024-01-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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