| Title: |
Choir Mitigates Distress for Caregivers of Those With Dementia: The Voices in Motion Project |
| Authors: |
Tamburri, Nicholas; McDowell, Cynthia; Dujela, Carren; Sakamoto, Mariko; Cloutier, Denise S.; Gawryluk, Jodie R.; Smith, Andre P.; Sheets, Debra J.; Stawski, Robert S.; MacDonald, Stuart W. S. |
| Contributors: |
Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation; Aspiration 2030 Research Cluster Program; Alzheimer Society of Canada |
| Source: |
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias® ; volume 40 ; ISSN 1533-3175 1938-2731 |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publications |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Description: |
Music-based interventions show promise for attenuating caregiver distress (CD) in informal dementia caregivers; however, research on comparable dyadic interventions is limited. This study aimed to provide a novel evaluation of whether a dyadic choral intervention could facilitate reductions in CD across 2 choral seasons. 30 caregiving dyads participated in a dementia choir across 2 ∼3.5-month choral seasons separated by a ∼4-month summer break: a naturalistic ABA design. Repeated assessment of the Zarit Burden Interview yielded up to 7 assessments of CD across the 2 choral seasons. Results showed that CD significantly declined across a participant’s first choral season, significantly rebounded to new highs upon returning from a summer break, and began to decline again; though, this latter trajectory was not significant. These results highlight the effectiveness of dyadic, music-based interventions for attenuating CD in dementia caregivers, and provides a novel methodological paradigm for use in future research. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1177/15333175251395437 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/15333175251395437; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15333175251395437; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/15333175251395437 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.C6977BEF |
| Database: |
BASE |