ERIC Number: EJ1434403
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-0419
EISSN: EISSN-1532-6934
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Group Music Creativity Intervention for Adults with Varying Cognitive Function
E. Lydia Wu-Chung; Anthony K. Brandt; Melia E. Bonomo; Bryan T. Denny; Christof Karmonik; J. Todd Frazier; Karl Blench; Christopher P. Fagundes
Creativity Research Journal, v36 n3 p451-468 2024
Maintaining healthy cognitive functioning and delaying cognitive decline in cognitively intact and cognitively impaired adults are major research initiatives for addressing dementia disease burden. Music interventions are promising, non-pharmaceutical treatment options for preserving cognitive function and psychological health in older adults with varying levels of cognitive function. While passive, music interventions have attracted considerable attention in the abnormal cognitive aging literature, active, music interventions such as music creativity are less well-studied. Among 58 older adults with different levels of cognitive function (cognitively healthy to mild cognitive impairment), we examined the feasibility and acceptability of "Project CHROMA", a Stage 1 clinical trial developed to assess the effects of a novel, music creativity curriculum on various health outcomes. Music intervention participation (93%), overall study retention (78%), and intervention satisfaction (100%) rates were comparable to other similarly designed clinical trials. Exploratory analyses using mixed-level modeling tested the efficacy of the intervention on cognitive and psychological outcomes. Compared to those in the control condition, participants in the music condition showed some improvements in cognitive functioning and socioemotional well-being. Findings suggest that a 6-week music creativity clinical trial with several multi-modal health assessments can be feasibly implemented within a sample of varying cognitive ability.
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Activities, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities, Dementia, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Program Effectiveness, Mental Health, Well Being, Quality of Life
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); National Institute on Aging (NIA) (DHHS/NIH); National Library of Medicine (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Houston)
Grant or Contract Numbers: 185549138C19; 18921833821; 1R01AG062690; 1R01AG06269002S1; 1R21AG06159701A1; 1F31AG074648; T15LM007093