TY - JOUR A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Janus, Edyta A1 - Soo, Vanessa Pac A1 - Smrokowska-Reichmann, Agnieszka A1 - Hsu, Ming Hung A1 - Stensæth, Karette A. A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira A1 - Lamb, Karen E. A1 - Braat, Sabine A1 - Baker, Felicity A. T1 - Relationship between dementia diagnostic characteristics and severity of depressive symptoms in a cross-sectional analysis of HOMESIDE baseline data JF - Scientific Reports Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-20385-z SN - 2045-2322 VL - 15 IS - 1 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stedje, Kristi A1 - Kvamme, Tone Sæther A1 - Johansson, Kjersti A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Stensæth, Karette Annie A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne T1 - The Influence of Home-Based Music Therapy Interventions on Relationship Quality in Couples Living with Dementia - An Adapted Convergent Mixed Methods Study JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - Relationship quality is important for well-being and quality of life in couples living with dementia. Home-based music therapy interventions may be conducted with the aim of enhancing relationship quality. However, the effects or influences of such interventions are only briefly investigated in previous studies. This study’s aim was to identify how a 12-week home-based music therapy intervention may influence relationship quality in couples living with dementia, through an adapted convergent mixed methods design. In this case, 68 participating couples from the HOMESIDE RCT study, and four individually recruited couples, received the music therapy intervention. Relationship quality for all participants was measured by the standardized Quality of Caregiver-Patient Relationship scale, and qualitative interviews were conducted with the four individually recruited participants at baseline and post intervention. Quantitative analysis indicated no statistically significant intervention effect. However, relationship quality remained stable over the intervention period. The qualitative analysis identified that the music therapy interventions primarily led to positive emotions, closeness, intimacy, and communication between the persons with dementia and their care partners. Intervention influences could also be ambiguous, as sharing music experiences might involve a risk of evoking vulnerabilities or negative emotional responses. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042863 SN - 1660-4601 VL - 20 IS - 4 PB - MDPI AG ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baker, Felicity A. A1 - Blauth, Laura A1 - Bloska, Jodie A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Flynn, Libby A1 - Hsu, Ming-Hung A1 - Janus, Edyta A1 - Johansson, Kjersti A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Miller, Hayley A1 - Petrowitz, Carina A1 - Pool, Jonathan A1 - Stensæth, Karette A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Teggelove, Kate A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira T1 - Recruitment approaches and profiles of consenting family caregivers and people living with dementia: A recruitment study within a trial JF - Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101079 SN - 2451-8654 VL - 32 PB - Elsevier BV ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Smrokowska-Reichmann, Agnieszka A1 - Janus, Edyta A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Stensæth, Karette A1 - Wenborn, Jennifer A1 - Viken, Rønnaug Modell A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne T1 - The HOMESIDE Study - A Research Project to Support People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: Preliminary Report on Reading Intervention JF - Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine N2 - The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) can be challenging for family caregivers to cope with, leading to distress and fatigue. It is therefore important to offer effective strategies to reduce the impact of BPSD. The HOMESIDE randomized controlled trial (RCT) was testing purposefully developed interventions to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of dyads of people with dementia and family caregivers as a result of reduction of BPSD. HOMESIDE RCT was conducted in Australia, Germany, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom between 2019 and 2022. The study design was a three-arm parallel-group single-blinded, pragmatic RCT with a sample size of 432 dyads. Dyads were randomly allocated to one of three treatment conditions: Music Intervention plus Standard Care; or Reading Intervention plus Standard Care; or Standard Care only. The Reading Intervention (RI) within the HOMESIDE RCT aimed to evoke shared discussion, reminiscence, meaningful shared experiences and consequently enrich everyday life, interaction and the emotional connection between the caregiver (CG) and carereceiver (CR); as well as to enhance activities of daily living and to promote relaxation or stimulation as appropriate. This paper describes the underlying conceptual framework, the content, and delivery of the Reading Intervention within the HOMESIDE RCT. Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/23337214241239174 SN - 2333-7214 VL - 10 PB - SAGE Publications ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne A1 - Pac Soo, Vanessa A1 - Bloska, Jodie A1 - Blauth, Laura A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Flynn, Libby A1 - Hsu, Ming Hung A1 - Janus, Edyta A1 - Johansson, Kjersti A1 - Kvamme, Tone A1 - Lautenschlager, Nicola A1 - Miller, Hayley A1 - Pool, Jonathan A1 - Smrokowska-Reichmann, Agnieszka A1 - Stensæth, Karette A1 - Teggelove, Kate A1 - Warnke, Sven A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Lamb, Karen A1 - Braat, Sabine A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette T1 - Home-based family caregiver-delivered music and reading interventions for people living with dementia (HOMESIDE trial): an international randomised controlled trial JF - eClinicalMedicine Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102224 SN - 2589-5370 VL - 65 PB - Elsevier BV ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pac Soo, Vanessa A1 - Baker, Felicity A. A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Stensæth, Karette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Lautenschlager, Nicola A1 - Braat, Sabine A1 - Lamb, Karen E. T1 - Statistical analysis plan for HOMESIDE: a randomised controlled trial for home-based family caregiver-delivered music and reading interventions for people living with dementia JF - Trials N2 - Abstract Background Most people with dementia live in the community, not in residential care. Therefore, quality informal care for them is critical for managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Music therapy has been shown to reduce BPSD. However, no randomised controlled trial has examined the effects of music interventions delivered by caregivers in home settings. The HOME-based caregiver-delivered music intervention for people living with dementia (HOMESIDE) trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a 12-week music intervention in addition to standard care for BPSD. This article describes the statistical analysis plan. Methods and analysis HOMESIDE is a large, pragmatic international three-arm parallel-group randomised controlled trial. Dyads (persons with dementia and caregiver) in Australia, Germany, the UK, Poland and Norway were randomised to receive music and standard care, reading and standard care or standard care alone. The primary outcome is BPSD (proxy) of the person living with dementia, measured using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire (NPI-Q) at 90 and 180 days post-randomisation. Longitudinal analysis will compare NPI-Q severity between music and standard care versus standard care alone. Secondary outcomes include quality of life and depression (both person with dementia and caregiver), cognition (person with dementia only), distress, resilience, competence and caregiver-patient relationship (caregiver only). Treatment effects will be obtained at 90 and 180 days post-randomisation, where applicable. Safety outcomes (adverse events, hospitalisations, deaths) will be summarised. Discussion This statistical analysis plan provides a detailed methodology for the analysis of HOMESIDE and will improve the validity of the study and reduce the potential for bias. Trial registration Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12618001799246. Registered on November 05, 2018. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03907748. Registered on April 09, 2019. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07327-8 SN - 1745-6215 VL - 24 IS - 1 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stedje, Kristi A1 - Kvamme, Tone Sæther A1 - Johansson, Kjersti A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Stensæth, Karette Annie A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne T1 - The Influence of Home-Based Music Therapy Interventions on Relationship Quality in Couples Living with Dementia—An Adapted Convergent Mixed Methods Study JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - Relationship quality is important for well-being and quality of life in couples living with dementia. Home-based music therapy interventions may be conducted with the aim of enhancing relationship quality. However, the effects or influences of such interventions are only briefly investigated in previous studies. This study’s aim was to identify how a 12-week home-based music therapy intervention may influence relationship quality in couples living with dementia, through an adapted convergent mixed methods design. In this case, 68 participating couples from the HOMESIDE RCT study, and four individually recruited couples, received the music therapy intervention. Relationship quality for all participants was measured by the standardized Quality of Caregiver-Patient Relationship scale, and qualitative interviews were conducted with the four individually recruited participants at baseline and post intervention. Quantitative analysis indicated no statistically significant intervention effect. However, relationship quality remained stable over the intervention period. The qualitative analysis identified that the music therapy interventions primarily led to positive emotions, closeness, intimacy, and communication between the persons with dementia and their care partners. Intervention influences could also be ambiguous, as sharing music experiences might involve a risk of evoking vulnerabilities or negative emotional responses. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042863 SN - 1660-4601 VL - 20 IS - 4 PB - MDPI AG ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baker, Felicity A. A1 - Blauth, Laura A1 - Bloska, Jodie A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Flynn, Libby A1 - Hsu, Ming-Hung A1 - Janus, Edyta A1 - Johansson, Kjersti A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Miller, Hayley A1 - Petrowitz, Carina A1 - Pool, Jonathan A1 - Stensæth, Karette A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Teggelove, Kate A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Sousa, Tanara Vieira T1 - Recruitment approaches and profiles of consenting family caregivers and people living with dementia: A recruitment study within a trial JF - Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101079 SN - 2451-8654 VL - 32 PB - Elsevier BV ER -