Impact of Individualized Music Listening for People With Dementia on Anxiety: A Quasi-experimental Study

This pilot study was designed to evaluate the effects of Individualized music listening (IML) implemented on older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and PwD. This quasi-experimental study used convenience sampling where thirty-two elderly individuals were recruited from five community-based dementia care centers then assigned to experimental (EG, n = 16) or control (CG, n = 16) groups according to the self-reports of importance of music in their lives and according to their personal wishes. The EG received eight treatments of IML (two times per week, 20 minutes per time), while the CG received the usual activities of the care centers for four weeks when EG received IML. The anxiety levels of both groups were investigated before and after first time IML and after eighth time IML. The researcher observed positive and negative behaviors of EG before, during and after each IML per 20 minutes in each time IML.

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Key information

Conditions

Music Listening Anxiety Disorders Behavior Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Dementia Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders

Age range

50 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Kaohsiung Medical University

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

50 years or older;
Mild cognitive impairment or dementia.

Exclusion criteria

Can not answer questions by themselves;
Have the habit of listening music in the past week.

Treatment and study plan

Individualized music listening (IML)

Other

The earphones were placed on individuals in the experimental group to listen to individualized music for 20 minutes. The Individualized music listening (IML) were performed twice a week for four weeks, for a total of eight times.

Primary outcomes

Anxiety

Time frame: First day: before the first time individualized music listening; first day: after completing first-time individualized music listeningof 20 minutes; the fourth week: after the last (eighth) time Individualized music listening of 20 minutes.

The Chinese Mandarin version State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Y form. The scores of the 20 questions are summed with total score ranging from 20 to 80 points. The higher the total score, the higher the anxiety level.
Behavioral

Time frame: Four weeks: eight times of individualized music listening. Before 20 minutes, during 20 minute, after 20 minute of every time individualized music listening.

The Behavioral Observation Form for Intervention Condition checklist. If the 15 behaviors occurred in each period (20 minutes), the behavior column will be counted as 1 point in this time period, and if there were no behavior, it would be scored as 0 points. In this study, 15 behaviors were further classified into positive and negative behaviors (four negative behaviors included eye movement, agitation/restlessness, alertness, and sleeping), and then the scores of the two types of behaviors were summed up and the total score represented the performances of the behavior type. Higher scores mean more the type.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Personalized Music on the Elderly With Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: a Quasi-experimental Study.

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Sep 13, 2023
Registry last updated: Sep 13, 2023

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