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 - 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 - Stedje, Kristi A1 - Kvamme, Tone KS A1 - Johansson, Kjersti A1 - Stensæth, Karette A A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Bukowska, Anna A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne T1 - Influential factors of spousal relationship quality in couples living with dementia – A narrative synthesis systematic review JF - Dementia N2 - Aim: The aim of this systematic review is to identify factors that influence relationship quality in couples living with dementia. Previous research has shown how maintaining a positive spousal relationship quality is important for quality of life and coping for both the caregiver and the person with dementia. Knowledge of influential factors could contribute to a deeper understanding of the value of a couple-centred clinical practice and research, within the field of dementia. Research design and methods Systematic procedures to database search, screening, data extraction and synthesis were followed. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies were included. A narrative synthesis was conducted through narrative summaries of included studies, thematic analysis and narrative descriptions of factors influencing relationship quality. Results: 39 studies were included in the study: 28 qualitative, 8 quantitative and 3 mixed methods. Through the narrative synthesis, 20 factors were identified. The factors were grouped into two overarching themes: The world of us and The world outside of us, and further to six influencing factor categories: (1) Attitudes and strategies, (2) Behaviour and activities, (3) Emotional connectedness, (4) Activities and experiences outside of the home, (5) Social behaviour and roles, and (6) Belonging and safety. Discussion and conclusion: The identified factors influence relationship quality in couples living with dementia on various levels. The findings of this review study should inform clinical, couple-centred dementia care practise and intervention studies, and further research should seek to gain deeper understandings of the individual factors and broader understandings of the correlations between factors. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012221137280 SN - 1471-3012 VL - 22 IS - 1 SP - 281 EP - 302 PB - SAGE Publications ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Crabtree, Sarah A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Hsu, Ming-Hung A1 - Kvamme, Tone A1 - McMahon, Kate A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Sousa, Tanara A1 - Stensæth, Karette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette T1 - Exploring the use of musical activities implemented in home-based dementia care as part of the HOMESIDE study JF - Arts & Health Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2525334 SN - 1753-3015 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Informa UK Limited 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 - Stedje, Kristi A1 - Sæther Kvamme, Tone A1 - Odell-Miller, Helen A1 - Stensæth, Karette A. A1 - Bukowska, Anna A. A1 - Tamplin, Jeanette A1 - Wosch, Thomas A1 - Baker, Felicity Anne T1 - Music therapy approaches to support relationship quality in couples living with dementia: A hermeneutic-phenomenological study of music therapists’ reflections JF - Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2025.2497805 SN - 0809-8131 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Informa UK Limited ER -