The effects of individual music therapy in nursing home residents with dementia to improve general well-being: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Instruments at different assessment moments

Outcomes/instruments	T0 week 0	T1a (pre-treatment) Week 6	T1b (post-treatment) Week 6	T2a (pre-treatment) Week 12	T2b (post-treatment) Week 12
Primary outcome
Well-being (DS-DAT)	X	X	X	X	X
Secondary outcomes
Pain (PAIC-15)	X	X	X	X	X
Quality of life (QUALID)	X		X		X
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPI-NH)	X		X		X
Agitation (CMAI)	X		X		X
Depressive symptoms (CSDD)	X		X		X
Stages of dementia (GDS)	X
Rest/activity (Actigraphy)	X				X
Medication use (ATC classification)	X				X

DS-DAT: Discomfort Scale - Dementia of Alzheimer Type, PAIC-15: Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition, QUALID: Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia Scale, NPI-NH: Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version, CMAI: Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory, CSDD: Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia, GDS: Global Deterioration scale, ATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Classification system

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