Music and Physical Activity in Persons With Dementia

NCT ID: NCT03447444

Last Updated: 2020-09-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 8 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-11-11
• Study Completion Date: 2015-02-27

Brief Summary

Fronto lobe dementia constitutes 10-20 % of dementia conditions within younger persons (>65). People with neuronal degeneration in frontal and temporal lobes demonstrate a decline in social conduct, apathy, loss of insight that is gradual and progressive. Family members often experience guilt and shame because of the patients' behavior before institutionalization, and different behavioral disorders will cause great challenges to family caregivers and to staff after institutionalization. Preservation of dignity, both in regards to the person being affected, and their relatives, therefore seem highly relevant both before and after institutionalization.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a combined intervention of physical activity and music therapy could reduce restlessness, irritability, and aggression among institutionalized people with severe dementia. An exploratory design was used to evaluate a combined intervention of physical activity, music therapy, and in- or outdoors walking daily, systematically implemented for eight weeks for persons with severe dementia in institutional care.

Conditions

Dementia Frontal

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

music and physical activity

An intervention consisting of physical activity, music and walking, was systematically implemented for eight weeks

Group Type: OTHER

music and physical activity

Intervention Type: OTHER

This feasibility study focus on promoting a combination of music therapy and physical activity with the primary goal to describe the influence on restlessness, irritability, and aggression in persons with severe stage of dementia with a mixture of symptoms including frontal lobe problems in institutional care. A secondary goal is to investigate the treatment fidelity.

Interventions

music and physical activity

This feasibility study focus on promoting a combination of music therapy and physical activity with the primary goal to describe the influence on restlessness, irritability, and aggression in persons with severe stage of dementia with a mixture of symptoms including frontal lobe problems in institutional care. A secondary goal is to investigate the treatment fidelity.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

-

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Oslo Metropolitan University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dagfinn Nåden

professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Dagfinn Nåden, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oslo Metropolitan University

Locations

Oslo Metropolitan University

Oslo, , Norway

Countries

Norway

Other Identifiers

Frontallob dementia

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id