Piano Training, Caregivers, and Parkinson's Disease

University of Miami

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Burden, Dependency; Mood; Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: Group piano training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03922672

20180888

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of group piano training on psychosocial outcomes in caregivers of adults with Parkinson's disease (PD). As well, the study is investigating the impact of group piano training on psychosocial outcomes in the care-recipient with PD.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Caregiver:

  • Are currently a primary caregiver to an adult with PD
  • Are between the age of 40-80 years
  • Have less than 5 years of music training
  • Speak and read English fluently

Adult with PD:

• Stage 1-3 Parkinson's disease
• Are between the age of 40-80
• Have less than 5 years of music training
• Speak and read English fluently

Exclusion criteria

• Doesn't meet all the inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 1 patient group

Piano group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will consist of the adult with Parkinson's disease and their caregiver for a total of 14 pairs.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group piano training