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Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Over a 6-week intervention phase, the intervention group will listen to their individualized music via headphones for 20 minutes every other day (3-4 times a week). The music will be provided
Sponsors
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: People with dementia with medically diagnosed dementia Lives at home No serious hearing problems Participation as a dyad with family caregivers
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For people with dementia: Planned move to a nursing home within the next three months. For family caregivers: Serious unstable or progressive illness, lack of German language skills, serious psychiatric diagnoses, obvious cognitive impairments, participation in another study for family caregivers.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Before randomization, an individual goal that participants aim to achieve through the 6-week music intervention, will be formulated by family caregivers using Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) during a telephone interview with a project member. Criteria will also be defined to measure goal attainment. The assessment of goal attainment will take place at T2 by the family caregivers. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| At four-measurement time points (6 weeks before the start of the intervention (T0), start of the intervention (T1), after the intervention (T2), and follow-up measurement 6 weeks after the end of the intervention (T3)), family caregivers will assess themselves as well as the persons with dementia. If possible, people with dementia will complete self-assessments during three home visits, and before and after listening to their music (EMA). Family caregivers will answer daily assessments (EMA). Family caregivers of the intervention group will answer coupled with the music interventions assessments (EMA). In addition, the music project team will conduct behavioral observations and collect psychobiological stress markers during three home visits. 1. Endpoints related to people with dementia: 1.1. Well-being measured using Visual Analog Scales regarding emotional well-being (Wilz & Söllner, 2016) and arousal (adapted by Wilz & Söllner, 2016) by external assessment by family caregivers at T0, T1, T2, T3, and EMA, as well as by the music project team using a self-constructed coding guide during the behavioral observation. If possible, people with dementia will assess their own emotional well-being with self-report-tool Dementia Mood Picture Test (DMPT; Tappen & Berry, 1995) and Smiley Assessment Scale (SAS), based on three faces with different emotional expressions (adapted from Mittelman & Epstein, 2009; Rosenberg, 2009; Perez-Saez et al., 2020; Lee et al., 2008) at three home visits. In addition, the Smiley Assessment Scale will be used before and after listening to individualized music (EMA). 1.2. Quality of life: If possible, measured using by self-assessment of people with dementia via a single item, which has already been used successfully in one major German study (H.I.L.D.E - Heidelberg Instrument for the Quality of Life of Dementia Patients, Becker & Kaspar, 2006), during three home visits. 1.3. Resistance to care measured using a Visual Analog | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactLisette Weise
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Psychologie, Klinisch-psychologische Intervention
Outcome results
None listed