Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04761497
Effects of Group Music Therapy Interventions on Alzheimer's Disease Patients: a Three-arm Randomized Controlled Blind Study.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 90 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine what type of music therapy (active versus passive) approach has higher effects on clinical symptoms in advanced Alzheimer's disease patients
Detailed description
Ninety AD patients from six nursing homes participated in the study. Nursing homes were randomly and blindly assigned to receive for three months either active music intervention, passive music listening or usual care. Effects on cognition, behaviour, daily living activities and motor function were assessed after the intervention.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Actice music therapy | active music therapy sessions for three months |
| OTHER | Watching nature videos | nature videos sessions for three months |
| OTHER | Passive music therapy | passive music therapy for three months |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-09-12
- Primary completion
- 2018-12-19
- Completion
- 2019-01-07
- First posted
- 2021-02-21
- Last updated
- 2021-02-21
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Spain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04761497. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.