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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Nurs Health. 2020 Nov 2;43(6):557–567. doi: 10.1002/nur.22081

Table 1:

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria for Older Adults with ADRD

Inclusion Exclusion
Age 60 and older Planned transition to another residential or institutional care setting in less than 3 months to decrease attrition rates
Existing physician diagnosis of ADRD or self-reported memory impairment and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale score of greater than 0.5 (Morris, 1993) Hearing impairment (defined as inability to hear a normal speaking voice at a distance of 1–1/2 feet) to exclude those who cannot hear the music intervention
Presence of sleep problems determined first during phone screening using Neuropsychiatric Inventory sleep disorders item, then using proxy-rated Sleep Disorders Inventory (SDI) (Tractenberg, Singer, Cumming, & Thal, 2003) (presence of at least one sleep disturbance symptom of moderate severity) Presence of extrapyramidal symptoms affecting non-dominant hand which may include persons with the following diagnoses: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lewy Body dementia due to REM sleep disorders affecting actigraphy measurement of sleep disruption (Camargos et al., 2013)
Stable dose of psychotropic medications, sedatives/hypnotics, anti-dementia or opioids in the past 90 days (typical time frame in clinical trials) prior to enrollment to minimize confounding effects of medications Currently enrolled in an interventional clinical trial for ADRD aimed to improve sleep as to not to confound the efficacy results
Tolerates and agrees to wear wrist actigraph Acute sleep disruption within 2 weeks of screening as it may indicate sleep disorders not related to ADRD or delirium (Camargos et al., 2013)
Responsive to their environment (e.g., able to understand short commands) End stage disease (i.e. cancer, bed bound) to minimize factors affecting actigraphy measurement
Sufficient English to complete questionnaires