Effects of Music and Dance on Cognition, Frailty, and Burden in Elderly Caregivers Living in Rural Communities

NCT03068299 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 63133316.4.0000.5504
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This research aims to analyze the effects of senior dance on the cognition, frailty, and burden in elderly caregivers of rural communities. This is a randomized clinical trial to be conducted with a sample of 58 elderly caregivers residing in rural communities. Data collection will be performed in the homes of the elderly and/or in the dependencies of the Family Health units (USFs - primary health care systems). They will answer Socio-demographic characterization instrument, ACE-R Battery, and electroencephalography for cognitive evaluation, five Fragility criteria proposed by Fried et al and Zarit Burden Inventory. The dance protocol will be applied to the experimental group (n=29) in the USFs and the control group (n=29) will receive health care, including guidance on health care and practices. The protocols include 24 interventions, 60 minutes each, weekly, during 6 months. Analysis of effects comparisons will be conducted between groups and be comparing baseline with final measurements. Dance intervention is expected to exert important positive effects on all study variables (cognitive performance, fragility assessment, and caregiver burden), compared to the group. The intervention of the control group is expected to exert positive effects on some variables of the study (mainly, caregiver burden).

Conditions

Cognitive Decline; Memory Loss; Frail Elderly Syndrome; Burden, Dependency

Keywords

Prevention; Cognition; Aged care; Caregivers; Frail elderly; Dancing therapy; Rural population

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Effects of dance on cognition performance

  It is expected Dance exerts important positive effects on cognition performance compared to baseline.

  Change from Baseline in Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination at 6 months.

• Effects of dance on frailty

  It is expected Dance exerts important positive effects on frailty compared to baseline.

  Change from Baseline in Fried Frailty Criteria at 6 months.

• Effect of dance on burden

  It is expected Dance exerts important positive effects on burden compared to baseline.

  Change from Baseline in Zarit Burden Interview at 6 months.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Effects of HCG on burden

  Change from Baseline in Zarit Burden Interview at 6 months.

Study Arms (2)

Dance

EXPERIMENTAL

n=29 participants randomized. Cognition performance, frailty and burden will be measured at baseline and after of interventions (6 months after baseline). Instruments of measurement described in Time Frame.

Other: Dance

Health care guidance

EXPERIMENTAL

n=29 participants randomized. Cognition performance, frailty and burden will be measured at baseline and after of interventions (6 months after baseline). Instruments of measurement described in Time Frame.

Other: Health care guidance

Interventions

Dance OTHER

Sessions of sixty minutes each, which will take place weekly, totaling 24 weeks (6 months). Ten minutes from the start of each session will be reserved for initial exercises, with movements of the upper limbs, lower, accompanied by a motivational music. The process of identifying and memorizing the movements will be carried out as many times as the group deems necessary. The rhythms include combinations of circular and ballroom dances, including waltz, cha-cha-cha, cancan, among others. In all the sessions, the last fifteen minutes are reserved for a conversation about the dance learned/practiced in the day. It is expected to have reached the proposal of a practice of 15 different choreographies and that this was a pleasant moment for all the participants.

Dance

Health care guidance OTHER

Control group will receive attention, through guidelines for care and health practices for the caregiver and the elderly care recipient. This attention should occur in the same number of sessions of the dance and group intervention group. The control group should follow the same subdivision of the intervention group, in terms of the number of participants per subgroup. The subjects of the guidelines will be raised by the demand of the participants themselves and then worked in an interdisciplinary way.

Health care guidance

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- Caregivers of elderly registered in Units of Family Health system in rural communities of São Carlos, Brazil.
• \- Over 60 years old.
• \- Living rural area.

You may not qualify if:

• Sufficient sensory or language difficulties that impede the participation of the intervention and the measurement of the variables

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos: lead

Study Sites (1)

Federal University of São Carlos

São Carlos, São Paulo, 13565-905, Brazil

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cognitive Dysfunction; Memory Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognition Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Allan G Brigola, Ph.D.

  Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Allan G Brigola, Ph.D.

CONTACT

+551633725782; allanbrig@gmail.com

Sofia CI Pavarini, Professor

CONTACT

+55163306661; sofiapavarini@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: The dance protocol will be applied to the experimental group (n=29) in the USFs and the control group (n=29) will receive health care, including guidance on health care and practices

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2017
• First Posted: March 1, 2017
• Study Start: October 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2018
• Study Completion: October 1, 2018
• Last Updated: May 4, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BR (1)