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Musical Dual Task Training to Improve Attention Control for Dementia

NCT ID: NCT01709188

Last Updated: 2012-11-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-10-31

Study Completion Date

2013-10-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this project is to determine if the Musical Dual Task Training program improves attention control that influences measures of gait performances under dual tasking, balance, fear of falling, and behavioral disturbance in patients with mild to moderate dementia. This Musical Dual Task Training protocol is structured with musical content and patients are required to do musical tasks including singing and playing instruments contingent on visual or auditory cues while walking. This paradigm is designed to include music making because it involves great demands on attention and memory that might elicit experience-dependent plasticity in the brain. Musical Dual Task Training is proposed to strengthen brain networking for attention control that consequently may improve the gait performances in patients with dementia, as indicated by reducing dual task cost on gait.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dementia

Keywords

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Musical Dual Task Training dementia attention control dual task cost gait stability

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Musical Dual Task Training

60 minute individual session once a week across 2 months for a total of 8 sessions.Each session will be led by a qualified music therapist. Within the Musical Dual Task Training session, participant will be asked to sing familiar songs, play simple percussive musical instruments such as paddle drums and shakers, sing while walking, and play instruments while walking.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Musical Dual Task Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Walking and Talking

60 minute individual session once a week across 2 months for a total of 8 sessions.Each session will be led by a qualified music therapist. Within the walking and talking session, participant will be asked to read a newspaper article prior to a walk and have a conversation with the music therapist based on the content of the news while walking.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Walking and Talking

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Musical Dual Task Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Walking and Talking

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* a mild to moderate dementia diagnosis with Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score: .5, 1, or 2
* ability to walk 10 meters independently without the use of a walker or cane, or the assistance by another person

Exclusion Criteria

* other known neurologic disorders such as stroke or Parkinson's disease
* significant orthopedic, visual, and hearing impairment that hinders ambulation
Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Yu-Cheng Pei, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Locations

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Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Taoyuan District, Taiwan, Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Yu-Cheng Pei, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 886-3-3281200

Email: [email protected]

Yu-Ling Chen, MA, MME

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 886-922123809

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Yu-Cheng Pei, MD, PhD

Role: primary

References

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van der Steen JT, van der Wouden JC, Methley AM, Smaling HJA, Vink AC, Bruinsma MS. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Mar 7;3(3):CD003477. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003477.pub5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40049590 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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20216

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

101-2201B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id