Effect of Music Therapy on Anxiety of Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

NCT ID: NCT05317910

Last Updated: 2022-07-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 26 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-07-20

Brief Summary

This clinical trial evaluates the impact of music interventions on caregivers of patients with memory disorders, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and related disorders. This study will follow caregivers of patients within the rehabilitation day care hospital "Memory and Frailty" (Hôpital de Jour de Réadaptation Mémoire et Fragilités), Sainte-Marie Paris Hospital.

Detailed Description

This clinical trial evaluates the impact of music on caregivers of patients with memory disorders, Alzheimer's disease, dementia and related disorders. This study will follow caregivers of patients within the rehabilitation day hospital "Memory and Frailty " (Hôpital de Jour de Réadaptation Mémoire et Fragilités), Sainte-Marie Paris Hospital.

All participants will benefit from a first session of a relaxation-type musical technique in the Day care Hospital (HDJ), they will then follow the sessions in their own homes. During the first visit, all participants will complete self-assessments, including a questionnaire on musical preferences and a self-assessment anxiety scale.

The expected inclusion period is 30 days. Carers will be equipped with tablets, headphones, eye masks and workbooks/questionnaires to use every day for one month in their homes. A relaxation-type receptive musical technique is used. The standardized 20-minute musical sequence is broken down into several phases that gradually lead the patient to a state of relaxation using the new U technique. The effect works by reducing the musical rhythm, orchestral formation, frequencies and volume (the "U" descending phase). After a maximum relaxation phase (lower part of the "U"), a re-activating phase (ascending branch of the "U") follows. All the musical sequences, built with the U-shape editing method, were specially produced by the music publishing company Music Care©. During the first session in HDJ, the subjects will lie on a relaxation table with a raised headrest (extended or semi-seated listening position) in an enclosed space, calm, secure and comfortable, with minimum lighting, so that the participant feels comfortable. The music will be played on headphones.

The main objective is to reduce anxiety among carers who accompany patients with memory disorders, Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Music intervention

Music intervention (duration 20 minutes) every day for 30 days

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

MUSIC CARE

Intervention Type: OTHER

Relaxation-type receptive musical intervention technique. The standardized 20-minute musical sequence is broken down into several phases that gradually lead the patient to relaxation using the new U-Mount technique \[1, 2\] (Figure 1). The effect works by reducing the musical rhythm, orchestral formation, frequencies and volume (the "U" descending phase). After a maximum relaxation phase (lower part of the "U"), a re-activating phase (ascending branch of the "U") is followed.

Interventions

MUSIC CARE

Relaxation-type receptive musical intervention technique. The standardized 20-minute musical sequence is broken down into several phases that gradually lead the patient to relaxation using the new U-Mount technique \[1, 2\] (Figure 1). The effect works by reducing the musical rhythm, orchestral formation, frequencies and volume (the "U" descending phase). After a maximum relaxation phase (lower part of the "U"), a re-activating phase (ascending branch of the "U") is followed.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Anxiety Self-Assessment Score (STAI) greater than 46 at Day 1
• Patient relationship (child, spouse, brother/sister)

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of a psychiatric disorder
• Intellectual disability
• Major hearing loss
• Professional musician

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches Cliniques

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Sainte-Marie Hospital

Paris, , France

Countries

France

Other Identifiers

AIDALZ

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id