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danceSing Care Evaluation: Testing the Effectiveness

NCT05601102 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2025-05-20

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Summary

This pilot randomised controlled trial aims to compare the effectiveness of a 12-week music and movement intervention in older adults in care homes compared to a waitlist control group.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do salivary cortisol and DHEAS levels improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group?
* Do feelings of anxiety and depression improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group?
* Does the quality of life improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group?
* Does physical function improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group?

Participants will engage in music and movement sessions three times per week for 12 weeks. Researchers will compare the intervention group to the waitlist control group to see if any effects occur.

Conditions

  • Older Adults
  • Healthy Aging
  • Aging
  • Quality of Life
  • Depression, Anxiety
  • Stress, Physiological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

danceSing Care

\- Physical activity interventions, including multi-component (chair-based) exercises or dancing, and music therapies have been shown to improve multidimensional health markers in older adults.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Stirling

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anna Whittaker&, PhD · University of Stirling

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-20
Primary Completion
2023-06-20
Completion
2023-08-20

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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