Effects of Personalized Music Listening in Advanced Alzheimer's

Okan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Impairment; Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset

Treatments: Other: Music( Personalized music); Other: Music ( Dmitri Shostakovich's Jazz Waltz Suite)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06765434

013

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recent functional imaging studies have facilitated a better understanding of the neuroplasticity mechanisms underlying the strong and multifaceted effects of music on brain development. For this reason, music is considered a significant factor in improving recall and mood in individuals with dementia.

A review investigating the cognitive and behavioral effects of music listening in Alzheimer's disease (AD) reported that personalized (individualized) music listening yielded the best outcomes.

This study aims to examine the effects of personalized music activities on functional and cognitive status in individuals with advanced-stage AD.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 65 and over
• Patients diagnosed with advanced-stage Alzheimer's type dementia according to the diagnostic criteria of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with hearing impairments that could interfere with music listening
• Individuals who have received music education and are able to play an instrument
• Patients with a history of heart disease, hypertension, or diabetes will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Experimental group

Description:

The control group will listen to No. 2 from Dmitri Shostakovich's Jazz Waltz Suite played from a CD player for 12 weeks, 3 days per week.

Treatment:

Other: Music ( Dmitri Shostakovich's Jazz Waltz Suite)

Personalized music

Experimental group

Description:

In the experimental group, music that has created positive impacts in the participants' lives will be identified and played from a CD player for 12 weeks, 3 days per week.

Treatment:

Other: Music( Personalized music)