The Effect of Music in Alzheimer's Patients

The Effect of Music on Decreasing of Adaptation Difficulty in Alzheimer's Patients: Randomized Controlled Study

This study was randomized controlled study conducted to determine the effect of Nihavent theme on reducing adjustment difficulties in Alzheimer's patients.

The study was carried out with 30 patients.15 patients constituted the experimental group and 15 patients formed the control group. Before the application, the scale was administered to both groups through face-to-face interviews. The patients in the experimental group were informed about the music session in advance.Instrumental songs in nihavent theme were played with the sound system to the experimental group. The sessions were lasted 12 weeks in total and there were two sessions per week, and each session took approximately 50 minutes to complete. While no intervention was performed for the patients in the control group. One week after the last music session, the the scale was re-administered to both groups.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Alzheimer Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Music therapy

Detailed Description

Adaptation levels of Alzheimer's patients should be determined before planning nursing interventions. Institutions should support healthcare personnel in organizing music sessions for patients. It is believed that further studies examining the effect of the Nihavent theme in decreasing adaptation difficulty in Alzheimer's patients should be conducted with larger sample groups. The effects of verbal and non-verbal music on Alzheimer's patients should also be evaluated and compared to gain further insight on this important matter.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Odunpazarı
    • Eskisehir, Odunpazarı, Turkey, 26040
      • Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years to 90 years (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-90 age range
• Were conscious able to communicate and active

Exclusion Criteria:

• Change in their diagnosis, medications, consciousness, and/or drug dose
• During the study period they a regression in emotional state (crying, sadness)
• Those with complex diseases such as cancer

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental group; Before the application, the "Descriptive Characteristics Data Form" and "Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty in Elderly" were administered to the experimental group by the investigator through face-to-face interviews. A cd containing songs in Nihavent theme (instrumental), computer and sound system were used during the application. The patients in the experimental group were informed about the music session in advance. The sessions lasted 12 weeks in total and there were two sessions per week (Monday and Wednesday), and each session took approximately 50 minutes to complete. One week after the last music session (end of 12th week), the "Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty in the Elderly" was re-administeredto the experimental group .	Other: Music therapy; rutin; Other Names: rutin
No Intervention: Control group; No intervention was performed for the patients in the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessment Scale of Adaptation Difficulty for Elderly	This scale was developed by Şişman et al. in 2016 in order to determine the adaptation of elderly individuals, and its validity and reliability were determined. Chronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient was found to be 0.93. It is a likert-type scale consisting of 24 questions. The answers to each item were determined as 0 points for "never", 1 point for "some", 2 points for "quite a lot" and 3 points for "a lot". The scores obtained from the items in the scoring of the scale are calculated by summing and dividing by the number of questions. The average score that can be obtained from the scale is 0 points as the lowest and 3 points at the highest. As the individual's score from the scale decreases, the level of compliance increases.	24 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 16, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 13, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): July 13, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 8, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 18, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 18, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 8, 2021
• Last Verified: November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Nursing care; Music; Adaptation difficulty
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Dementia; Tauopathies; Alzheimer Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: AHMUGAE

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No