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NCT Number: NCT03447444

Music and Physical Activity in Persons With Dementia

Fronto lobe dementia constitutes 10-20 % of dementia conditions within younger persons (>65). People with neuronal degeneration in frontal and temporal lobes demonstrate a decline in social conduct, apathy, loss of insight that is gradual and progressive. Family members often experience guilt and shame because of the patients' behavior before institutionalization, and different behavioral disorders will cause great challenges to family caregivers and to staff after institutionalization. Preservation of dignity, both in regards to the person being affected, and their relatives, therefore seem highly relevant both before and after institutionalization.

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Key information

Conditions

Dementia Frontal Behavior Motor Activity

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Oslo Metropolitan University

Oslo, 0130, Norway

About this study

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether a combined intervention of physical activity and music therapy could reduce restlessness, irritability, and aggression among institutionalized people with severe dementia. An exploratory design was used to evaluate a combined intervention of physical activity, music therapy, and in- or outdoors walking daily, systematically implemented for eight weeks for persons with severe dementia in institutional care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Persons with dementia with symptoms of frontal lobe dementia, who had lived for at least 6 months in a unit special care dementia unit in a nursing home

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Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

music and physical activity

Other

This feasibility study focus on promoting a combination of music therapy and physical activity with the primary goal to describe the influence on restlessness, irritability, and aggression in persons with severe stage of dementia with a mixture of symptoms including frontal lobe problems in institutional care. A secondary goal is to investigate the treatment fidelity.

Primary outcomes

  1. Brøset Violence Checklist

    Time frame: change from baseline to eight weeks into intervention

    The BVC assesses the presence of six observable patient behaviors, namely whether the patient is confused, irritable, boisterous, verbally threatening, physically threatening, and/or attacking objects

Secondary outcomes

  1. Neuropsychiatric Inventory

    Time frame: baseline

    The Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire [NPI-Q] is a clinical instrument for assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oslo Metropolitan University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Dignity for Persons With Dementia and Signs of Frontotemporal Affection in Institutions.See us and Dance With us

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Feb 27, 2018
Registry last updated
Sep 16, 2020

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