Dementia Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Study 1: Narrative nostalgia versus Control
Study 2: Music-evoked nostalgia versus Control
Current interventions as of 29/01/2015:
Nostalgia groups:
Sponsors
University of the West of England (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. A diagnosis made by a consultant psychiatrist of either probable Alzheimer's disease according to the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria (National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke-Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association) or probable Vascular Dementia according to the NINDS-AIREN criteria (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke- Association Internationale pour la Recherche et l'Enseignement en Neurosciences) or dementia with Lewy bodies or mixed dementia 2. Participants must have a mild to moderate level of cognitive impairment before they commence the research e.g. an MMSE score of at least 18 3. All participants will have been told of their diagnosis as evidenced in their medical notes by a practitioner/ nurse/doctor 4. Participants should be identified as having capacity to give consent by a clinician with access to the patient's recent cognitive assessment in the memory clinic
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 29/01/2015: 1. Participants diagnosed with Fronto-Temporal Dementia 2. People who initially have capacity at the time of assessment but who have lost capacity to consent before the study session 3. People who have current health problems such as high levels of distress or other factors (e.g., a recent bereavement) that preclude involvement in the study 4. People with a known history of traumatic abuse or other incidence which can cause them pain while remembering such events Previous exclusion criteria: 1. Participants diagnosed with Fronto-Temporal Dementia 2. Participants who have lost capacity to consent before the research session 3. Participants with significant pre-morbid mental health problems e.g. major psychotic breakdown or depression
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current primary outcome measures as of 21/06/2017: 1. Feelings of nostalgia, measured using the nostalgia manipulation check scale 2. Social connectedness, self-esteem, meaning in life, self-continuity, optimism and positive and negative affect, measured using the State Functions of Nostalgia Scale (SFNS) All outcomes measured immediately following the nostalgia manipulation and there were no baseline measures of these variables or follow up. Previous primary outcome measures: 1. Self-esteem, measured with the State Functions of Nostalgia Scale and The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. The State Functions of Nostalgia Scale is a 12-item scale with 4 sub-items measuring state self-esteem (1 = Strongly disagree; 6 = Strongly agree). The Rosenberg self-esteem scale is a 10-item scale that measures global self-esteem and rated from strongly agree to strongly disagree. For items 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7: Strongly agree = 3; Agree = 2; Disagree = 1; Strongly disagree = 0 . For items 3, 5, 8, 9, and 10 (which are reversed in valence): Strongly agree = 0; Agree = 1; Disagree = 2; Strongly disagree = 3 2. Social connectedness, measured with the State Functions of Nostalgia Scale The State Functions of Nostalgia Scale is a 12-item scale with 4-sub-items measuring social connectedness (1 = Strongly disagree; 6 = Strongly agree) 3. Meaning/purpose in life, measured with the State Functions of Nostalgia Scale and The Perceived Purpose scale . The State Functions of Nostalgia Scale is a 12 item scale with 4-sub-items measuring meaning in life (1 = Strongly disagree; 6 = Strongly agree). The Perceived Purpose scale is a self-report measure of purpose in life. It comprises of 8 items rated on 6 ?point Likert scale with scores ranging from 8 to 48 The outcomes measured immediately following the manipulation of nostalgia. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed