Effects of Musical Intervention by a Therapist (IMT) on Falling Asleep and Behavioral Regulation in a Secure Care Unit (SCU)
About this study
This is a prospective, multicenter study designed to evaluate the benefits of an evening music-based intervention on sundowning syndrome in patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders in a Protect lLife Unit setting.
- Condition
- Alzheimer Disease or Associated Disorder
- Tested
- Test musicale intervention, Controle: audio book
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Who can join
- Age
- 60 years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Inclusion 7
- Minimum age: 60 years
- Study condition: Alzheimer Disease or Associated Disorder
- Signature of consent by the patient's legal guardian obtained after providing information
- Patients aged 60 and over who meet the diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, including mainly: Lewy body disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, vascular encephalopathy, alcoholic dementia, primary progressive aphasia syndrome, posterior cortical atrophy syndrome (France Alzheimer, 2024).
- Patient living in a secure care unit
- If taking psychotropic drugs, they must have been stable for 3 months
- If taking level 2 or 3 painkillers, they must have been stable for 1 month
Exclusion 6
- Refusal to participate
- Participation in a study on a drug/medical device/treatment technique that may affect sleep or behavior.
- Highly sedated patients,
- Patients with acute medical instability,
- Patients with productive delusions,
- Patients who have been in the unit for less than 1 month
Where
1 site, 1 recruiting
Saint-etienne hospital
Saint-Etienne, France
Contact
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Isabelle ROUCH, MD
(0)477127399 isabelle.rouch@chu-st-etienne.fr
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Céline BORG, PhD
(0)477127805 celine.borg@chu-st-etienne.fr
Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.