Demographic and clinical profile of residents living with dementia and depressive symptoms in Australian private residential aged care: Data from the Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL) cluster‐randomised controlled trial

• DOI: 10.1111/ajag.13104
• Publication Date: 2022-07-08T13:36:24Z
• Authors: Young‐Eun C. Lee; Tanara Vieira Sousa; Phoebe A. Stretto...; Christian Gold; Monika Geretsegger; Felicity A. Baker
• Keywords: Depression

Abstract Objectives 1) To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of residents with dementia depressive symptoms in Australian private residential aged care (RAC) context; 2) to investigate association between neuropsychiatric symptoms, depression quality life their interactions severity. Methods This study examined baseline data from arm Music Interventions for Dementia Depression ELderly (MIDDEL) study, a multinational, cluster‐randomised controlled trial. Demographic characteristics, depression, severity were collected 330 12 RAC facilities across Melbourne, Australia. Descriptive statistics, Kruskal–Wallis test Pearson Χ 2 used compare according The was using linear regression analyses. Results Residents' mean age 86.5 years, 69% female, 44.2% had severe dementia. There no significant differences groups on age, sex education. Residents more likely have diagnosis Alzheimer's disease (40.3%) be born overseas (46.8%). Higher levels distress lower associated Conclusions findings our highlight diverse complex needs people living setting, which can inform targeted, person‐centred planning, staff training allocation resources.