Effects of Group Music Therapy Interventions on Alzheimer's Disease Patients: a Three-arm Randomized Controlled Blind Study.

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alzheimer's Disease

Treatments: Other: Passive music therapy; Other: Watching nature videos; Other: Actice music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04761497

PIC06/19

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine what type of music therapy (active versus passive) approach has higher effects on clinical symptoms in advanced Alzheimer's disease patients

Full description

Ninety AD patients from six nursing homes participated in the study. Nursing homes were randomly and blindly assigned to receive for three months either active music intervention, passive music listening or usual care. Effects on cognition, behaviour, daily living activities and motor function were assessed after the intervention.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nursing-home dwelling
• Diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease
• Mild or moderate stage (Clinical Classification of the Dementia)

Exclusion criteria

• Aphasia
• Hearing impairment that may affect participation in the activities.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

active music therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Each session consisted of: song of welcome (patients had to greet and introduce themselves), rhythmic exercise (three songs were used; therapist and patients kept rhythm by clapping their hands), dance exercises (three songs were used; patients should make free body movements in response to music), game of recognition of songs and interpreters (four songs were used) and song of goodbye.

Treatment:

Other: Actice music therapy

passive music therapy

Experimental group

Description:

The therapist and the patients were seat listening to the music recorded in a CD. The therapist told patients which the name and the interpreter of each song of the list.

Treatment:

Other: Passive music therapy

control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Patients were watching nature videos for the same duration than the interventions. A therapist was with them facilitating the activity.

Treatment:

Other: Watching nature videos