Making Connections Thru Music for Dementia

This study, "Making Connections Thru Music," is exploring how group music therapy can help people with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Researchers want to see if music therapy, led by either volunteers or staff, can improve engagement. They will measure engagement using the Menorah Park Engagement Scale at the beginning of the study and again after 5-12 weeks of treatment. The study is looking for 196 participants aged 18 to 103 years old. Volunteers must be 55 or older and speak conversational English, while staff participants must be at least 18, work in a participating care facility, and speak English. People diagnosed with dementia (based on self-report or a low score on the Mini Mental test) will not be able to volunteer.

Study design: This is an interventional study planning to enroll 196 participants. It compares two types of group music therapy: one led by volunteers and one led by staff.
What's involved: Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation: Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up: Engagement will be measured at baseline (weeks 1-4) and during treatment (weeks 5-12).

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Making Connections Thru Music

Not Yet Recruiting

NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment

Hopeful Aging

~196 participants

Updated 2025-01-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What's tested:Volunteer Led Making Connections Thru MusicStaff Led Making Connections Thru Music

At a glance

Recruiting sites

0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now

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What they're measuring

Menorah Park Engagement Scale

Measured over Baseline (weeks 1-4) Treatment (weeks 5-12)

Conditions

Dementia

Alzheimer Disease

Vascular Dementia

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states

Massachusetts1

Who to contact

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Volunteers must be aged 55+ and speak/read conversational English.

Staff participants must be at least 18 years old, work within a residential care facility participating in the study, and speak and read English.

Exclusion

Volunteers will be excluded if they are diagnosed with dementia based on self-report and/or if they score 23 or lower on theMini Mental State Exam (MMSE; Folstein et al., 1975). Such a score would be indicative of possible cognitive impairment.

Staff members will be excluded if they work third shift only. PWD Residents with dementia must be diagnosed with dementia (any type), score 10 or above on the MMSE, be aged 65+, and speak/read conversational English.

PWD will be excluded if they show signs of rapid physical or cognitive decline (based upon staff report or as evidenced by information gained during screening).

What this trial measures

Menorah Park Engagement ScaleBaseline (weeks 1-4) Treatment (weeks 5-12)
The MPES is an observational scale that measures four types of engagement: Constructive Engagement, Passive Engagement, Distracted Engagement, and Non-Engagement / Apathy The MPES also measures Pleasure, defined as clearly observable smiling or laughing. For each item, the minimum possible value is 0 (not at all) and the maximum possible value is 2 (more than half of the time). For Constructive Engagement, Passive Engagement, and Pleasure, higher scores would represent a better outcome. For Distracted Engagement and Non-Engagement, higher scores would represent a worse outcome.

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