1,021
Participants
Start Date
July 18, 2018
Primary Completion Date
September 29, 2023
Study Completion Date
September 29, 2023
Group Music Therapy
The core intention of GMT is to meet the psychosocial needs of each person living with dementia, which in turn is thought to reduce depressive symptoms and anxiety and to stimulate overall social and emotional wellbeing. It includes active, reciprocal music making with the use of singing and musical instruments. GMT is provided by a trained music therapist, highly skilled as a musician, and registered with the appropriate professional association in his or her country.
Recreational Choir Singing
RCS is intended to foster connectedness in a group, wellbeing, and enjoyment of music making in a group. It includes singing familiar songs and providing a familiar musical environment for participants. RCS is provided by a musician with choir leading skills.
Standard care
May include pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions as locally available
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg
University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara
University of Nottingham, Nottingham
University of Melbourne
OTHER
University of Oldenburg
OTHER
University Medical Center Groningen
OTHER
Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University
UNKNOWN
University of Nottingham
OTHER
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
OTHER