Community Choirs To Promote Healthy Aging; Community of Voices Chorus
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 60 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | February 2013 |
| End Date: | September 2016 |
| Contact: | Rachel Freyre, BS |
| Email: | Rachel.Freyre@ucsf.edu |
| Phone: | 415-476-5903 |
Community Choirs To Promote Healthy Aging And Independence Of Older Adults
The investigators will recruit 450 older adults and will utilize 12 Administration on Aging
(AoA)-supported senior centers to implement a multisite, cluster randomized (by center),
wait-list clinical trial. Centers will be randomized to receive the choir program
immediately (intervention group) or after a 6-month delayed intervention phase (control
group). The community choirs will be led by professional music directors. The investigators
will assess both primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, 6 and 12 months, with the main
intervention group comparison being at 6 months. The investigators will also evaluate the
start-up and ongoing program costs for senior centers, including cost/person served and
determine quality adjusted life years.
The hypotheses are:
1. Compared to delayed intervention controls, participation in a community choir program
will be associated with improvements/maintenance on the primary outcomes of physical
function (balance, walking speed, strength), depressive symptoms, and cognition
(executive function and memory) at 6 months. The investigators also predict
within-group improvements on these primary outcomes at 12 months.
2. Compared to delayed intervention controls, participation in a community choir program
will be associated with improvements in the secondary outcomes of well-being
(depressive symptoms, loneliness, resilience, social participation, health-related
quality of life, shortness of breath, functional status, falls, and health services
use) at 6 months. The investigators also predict within-group improvements on these
secondary outcomes at 12 months.
(AoA)-supported senior centers to implement a multisite, cluster randomized (by center),
wait-list clinical trial. Centers will be randomized to receive the choir program
immediately (intervention group) or after a 6-month delayed intervention phase (control
group). The community choirs will be led by professional music directors. The investigators
will assess both primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, 6 and 12 months, with the main
intervention group comparison being at 6 months. The investigators will also evaluate the
start-up and ongoing program costs for senior centers, including cost/person served and
determine quality adjusted life years.
The hypotheses are:
1. Compared to delayed intervention controls, participation in a community choir program
will be associated with improvements/maintenance on the primary outcomes of physical
function (balance, walking speed, strength), depressive symptoms, and cognition
(executive function and memory) at 6 months. The investigators also predict
within-group improvements on these primary outcomes at 12 months.
2. Compared to delayed intervention controls, participation in a community choir program
will be associated with improvements in the secondary outcomes of well-being
(depressive symptoms, loneliness, resilience, social participation, health-related
quality of life, shortness of breath, functional status, falls, and health services
use) at 6 months. The investigators also predict within-group improvements on these
secondary outcomes at 12 months.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 60 and older
- Living independently
- Have adequate visual and auditory acuity (with correction) to complete testing
- Speak English or Spanish (including both bilingual and monolingual Spanish speakers)
Exclusion Criteria:
- A baseline diagnosis of dementia, determined by the screening tool
- Have an unstable or serious medical condition that would limit participation in the
weekly choir sessions or assessments, including current (but not prior) severe
psychiatric disorder
- Currently singing in a choir, within the last 6 months
- Plans to move out of the area within 12 months
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