The Impact of Group Singing on Patients With Stroke and Their Personal Caregivers
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The study will focus on the impact of communal singing on patients with stroke and their personal caregivers. Forty post-stroke patients will be randomly assigned to two groups: the first group of 20 stroke survivors and their caregivers (up to 40 total participants) will receive 6 months (approximately 24 sessions) of music therapy. The second control groups of 20 stroke survivors and their caregivers will receive standard post-stroke care
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Stroke victim, regardless of level of stroke
Locations
United States
New York
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
RECRUITING
New York
Contact Information
Primary
Joanne Loewy, DA
joanne.loewy@mountsinai.org
212-420-3484
Time Frame
Start Date: 2014-04-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-11-13
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: Communal singing
Participants in the study group will join the choir and participate in a weekly hour rehearsal for six months and will be assessed for aphasia, mood, and quality of life outcomes
No_intervention: Control
The control group will not participate in the choir for the first six months. At the end of the six months study period, all participants will be evaluated again for changes in aphasia, language, mood and quality of life
Authors
Joane Loewy
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai