Effects of Visual Arts Training on Dementia

NCT02432222 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: YorkU-AD1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 23
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The study will use a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of two interventions (visual arts and music) for individuals with dementia, focusing on dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). Interventions will be run for 10 weeks in dementia day centers and/or retirement residences. Participants will be tested before and after the intervention on a battery of cognitive, affective, and behavioural measures. They will be compared to a waitlist control group who don't receive the intervention. The purpose of our research is twofold: treatment of symptoms and improved quality of life during disease progression in dementia. For the primary aim, the investigators are examining the potential of arts interventions on declining functions in dementia (memory, mood, and behavior) to investigate potential treatment effects. Secondly, quality of life will be measured, with the aim of looking beyond disease progression to contribute to an overall positive patient experience. Research has indicated the need for non-pharmacological treatments to be used as a first line of action against dementia symptoms and development. While, in best practice, pharmacological treatments should be used as a second-line approach. Note: Music intervention dropped prior to study initiation.

Conditions

Dementia; Alzheimer Disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA, change measure)

  Designed by Nasreddine (2005) for overall cognitive assessment

  baseline and 8 weeks

• Working memory (change measure)

  Visual (body part pointing test, Stopford et al, 2010), auditory (digit span test, Weschler, 2008)

  baseline and 8 weeks

• Rey-Osterreith test of long-term memory (change measure)

  Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure Recognition, Rey-Osterreith Figure Copy, Rey-Osterreith verbal task (Osterreith, 1944; Schmidt, 1996)

  baseline and 8 weeks

• Trails test of set-shifting (change measure)

  Measure of set-shifting/task switching

  baseline and 8 weeks

• Dual task for visual and auditory search (change measure)

  designed by Baddeley (2001)

  baseline and 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Behavioural psychiatric peformance (time-to-event measure)

  from date of randomization upto 8 weeks

• Quality of Life (change measure)

  baseline and 8 weeks

• Visual analog mood scale

  baseline and 8 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Music Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Music training

Behavioral: Music Training

Visual Arts Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Visual arts training

Behavioral: Visual Arts Training

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Waitlist control

Interventions

Visual Arts Training BEHAVIORAL

Visual arts training

Visual Arts Training

Music Training BEHAVIORAL

Music training

Music Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• dementia

You may not qualify if:

• known comorbid cognitive or neurological impairments

Sponsors & Collaborators

• York University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dementia; Alzheimer Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders; Tauopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases

Study Officials

• Melody Wiseheart, PhD

  York University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 1, 2015
• First Posted: May 4, 2015
• Study Start: April 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2015
• Study Completion: December 1, 2015
• Last Updated: July 13, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07