NCT05601102

danceSing Care Evaluation: Testing the Effectiveness

Digital Music and Movement Resources to Increase Mental and Physical Well-being in Older Adults in Care Homes: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 34 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Stirling · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot randomised controlled trial aims to compare the effectiveness of a 12-week music and movement intervention in older adults in care homes compared to a waitlist control group. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do salivary cortisol and DHEAS levels improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group? * Do feelings of anxiety and depression improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group? * Does the quality of life improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group? * Does physical function improve after the intervention, compared to the waitlist control group? Participants will engage in music and movement sessions three times per week for 12 weeks. Researchers will compare the intervention group to the waitlist control group to see if any effects occur.

Conditions

• Older Adults
• Healthy Aging
• Aging
• Quality of Life
• Depression, Anxiety
• Stress, Physiological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	danceSing Care	\- Physical activity interventions, including multi-component (chair-based) exercises or dancing, and music therapies have been shown to improve multidimensional health markers in older adults.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-20
• Primary completion: 2023-06-20
• Completion: 2023-08-20
• First posted: 2022-11-01
• Last updated: 2025-05-20
• Results posted: 2025-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom