Music therapy for older adults

Music therapy to relieve pain and depressive symptoms for community-dwelling frail older adults: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000168651

Enrollment

Registered

2014-02-11

Start date

2014-03-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of music therapy on pain, level of depressive symptoms and quality of life among community-dwelling frail older adults. It is expected that pain could be reduced and depression levels and quality of life could be enhanced among older adults.

Interventions

Experimental group: 30 minutes music therapy per session will be offered in groups of 6-9 older adults two days a week for 8 weeks. Participants will listen to 30-minute music during each session. The type of music used include Meditative music, Chinese classical, Asian classical and Western classical music. A record book will be given to each participant in the first session. Participants will be given a stamp every time they participate in a session.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

- scored at least one in the frailty index - scored >6 in the Abbreviated Mental Test - non-malignant physical pain for more than 3 months - scored >3 in the GDS-15 - able to hear music

Exclusion criteria

- patients with cognitive impairment - history of mental disorders - patients with cancer and currently on cancer treatment

Outcome results