Trial reportBMC geriatrics2015
Individual music therapy for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms for people with dementia and their carers: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study.
Trial report in BMC geriatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Music Therapy in Methodist Homes: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Including Mixed Methods Analysis Investigating the Efficacy of the Impact of a Music Therapy Programme on Caring for People With Dementia Who Have Behavioural Symptoms.
MusiCare: Protecting Cognitive Functions and Wellbeing Using Music Therapy & Innovative Technology With an Aging Population
Evaluation of Cognitive Effects Generated by Music Therapy for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment Living in Care Homes - a Randomized Control Trial
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.
- Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Inconsistent Music-Based Intervention Reporting in Dementia Studies: A Systematic Mapping Review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Pooled it
- Personally tailored activities for improving psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia in long-term care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Analysing the use of music to facilitate social interaction in care home residents with dementia: Narrative synthesis systematic review.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Person-Centered Care in Persons Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The Gerontologist · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of music participation for mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Pooled it
- Music-based therapy in rehabilitation of people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review of clinical trials.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2021Pooled it
- Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review.European geriatric medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Exploring the role of music therapy in multiple sclerosis: brief updates from research to clinical practice.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological interventions for Lewy body dementia: a systematic review.Psychological medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Reporting quality of music intervention research in healthcare: A systematic review.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Personally tailored activities for improving psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia in long-term care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- The effect of receptive music therapy on older adults with mild cognitive impairment and depression: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- A group intervention to improve quality of life for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: the Namaste feasibility cluster RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- Feasibility of Three Novel Forms of Passive Exercise in a Multisensory Environment in Vulnerable Institutionalized Older Adults with Dementia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2019Trial
- Namaste Care in nursing care homes for people with advanced dementia: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2018Trial
- Measures used to evaluate psychosocial interventions in dementia care: A narrative review and synthesis.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Review
- Music processing in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a functional MRI study.Brain communications · 2026Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research highlights the importance of staff involvement in psychosocial interventions targeting neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. Music therapy has shown potential effects, but it is not clear how this intervention can be programmed to involve care staff within the delivery of patients' care. This study reports initial feasibility and outcomes from a five month music therapy programme including weekly individual active music therapy for people with dementia and weekly post-therapy video presentations for their carers in care homes.
methods17 care home residents and 10 care staff were randomised to the music therapy intervention group or standard care control group. The cluster randomised, controlled trial included baseline, 3-month, 5-month and post-intervention 7-month measures of residents' symptoms and well-being. Carer-resident interactions were also assessed. Feasibility was based on carers' feedback through semi-structured interviews, programme evaluations and track records of the study.
resultsThe music therapy programme appeared to be a practicable and acceptable intervention for care home residents and staff in managing dementia symptoms. Recruitment and retention data indicated feasibility but also challenges. Preliminary outcomes indicated differences in symptoms (13.42, 95 % CI: [4.78 to 22.07; p = 0.006]) and in levels of wellbeing (-0.74, 95 % CI: [-1.15 to -0.33; p = 0.003]) between the two groups, indicating that residents receiving music therapy improved. Staff in the intervention group reported enhanced caregiving techniques as a result of the programme.
conclusionThe data supports the value of developing a music therapy programme involving weekly active individual music therapy sessions and music therapist-carer communication. The intervention is feasible with modifications in a more rigorous evaluation of a larger sample size.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov, number NCT01744600.
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