IMPACT multiple principal investigator Vince Mor, PhD, and members Roee Gutman, PhD, James Rudolph, MD, SM, Rosa Baier, MPH and executive committee member, Ellen McCreedy, PhD, are among authors sharing observed effects of music on nursing home residents with dementia. In a randomized controlled trial, patients were observed to express more pleasure and fewer signs of verbal agitation. The authors conclude that non-pharmacological interventions like personalized music exposure can temporarily relieve agitated behaviors of people living with dementia in a nursing home setting.
Author: Jeannine Sato
NIH Collaboratory workshop recordings on ePCT’s effects on healthcare systems now available
Multiple principal investigator Vince Mor, PhD was part of an NIH Collaboratory workshop entitled “Getting the Right Evidence to Decision-Makers Faster” held June 20-21, 2023. Mor was part of a panel of experts addressing “How Have Health Systems Made Decisions Based on Evidence Collected in PCTs?”
The 2-day workshop explored how researchers share evidence with healthcare system decision-makers to implement the findings of pragmatic clinical trials conducted within healthcare systems.
To access the workshop summary, materials and recordings, visit the NIH Collaboratory website.
Registration is now open for IMPACT Collaboratory’s 2024 Scientific Conference on Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs) in Dementia
The interactive forum features research efforts from IMPACT and the broader research community. Participants gather to discuss and advance the understanding of ePCTs, review emerging insights and highlight advances in research to improve care for people living with dementia (PLWD). The hybrid event will be held in Bethesda, MD and via Zoom April 3-4, 2024. The event is free and open to the public.
Join to experience…
- discussions about exciting advances in ePCTs to improve the care and health outcomes of PLWD and their care partners,
- dynamic poster sessions displaying cutting-edge research in dementia care, and
- opportunities to interact and network with investigators conducting ePCTs in dementia care.
Visit the meeting website to learn more!
Advance registration is free and required for all participants.
In-person registration closes: March 10, 2024
Virtual registration closes: April 4, 2024
Call for abstracts…
Submit an abstract to present your work on topics related to research in dementia and care partners in the event’s poster session. Notifications of selected abstracts will be sent to investigators on a rolling basis.
Abstract Submission Closes: March 1, 2024
CICADA RFA Penn’s Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) is seeking applications for the 2024-2025 cohort of CICADA Scientists.
Penn’s Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA) is seeking applications for the 2024-2025 cohort of CICADA Scientists. In collaboration with Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics (LDI), CICADA seeks to enhance the diversity of the aging research workforce by mentoring promising scientists from under-represented backgrounds interested in a career focused on improving health equity and health care delivery for older adults.
The deadline for submitting applications is 8:00 a.m. ET on January 8, 2024.
To review the full request for applications, including available resources, review criteria, and the application timeline, please click here.
For application questions, please contact CICADA@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Allore leads JAMA Internal Medicine series to help clinicians interpret and apply scientific research
IMPACT member, Heather Allore, PhD, leads a new series called the Guide to Statistics and Methods created by JAMA Internal Medicine. The Guide is intended to help clinicians understand and interpret scientific, peer-reviewed articles. The series of articles will avoid unnecessary use of statistical jargon, provide context for the information presented, and provide helpful data visualizations where possible.
The goal is to help readers become educated consumers of medical literature by explaining statistical concepts and methods that influence inference, bias, validity, and generalizability of research findings
Observing the impact of personalized music on agitated behaviors in dementia patients
November 2, 2023
Authors, including IMPACT members, Roee Gutman, PhD, Vincent Mor, PhD, James Rudolph, MD, SM, Rosa Baier, MPH, and Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH explored whether implementation of a personalized music intervention decreased the frequency of agitated behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia. They measured impact by using structured observations conducted as part of a randomized controlled trial design.
The authors found that personalized music decreased the frequency of verbally agitated behaviors in residents randomized to receive the treatment compared to residents randomized to a usual care control. No effect of the intervention was found on physically agitated behaviors. The intervention also increased observed pleasure.
This study provides evidence for the effectiveness of a non-pharmacological intervention for temporary relief in verbal behaviors in nursing home residents with dementia.
