Music therapy for people with dementia

Annemieke C. Vink · Rob J. P. M. Scholten

329 citations0/0 files storedCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Music Therapy and Health Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Music Education and Analysis

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dementia is a clinical syndrome with a number of different causes which is characterised by deterioration in cognitive functions. Research is pursuing a variety of promising findings for the treatment of dementia. Pharmacological interventions are available but have limited ability to treat many of the syndrome's features. Little research has been directed towards non-pharmacological treatments. In this review the evidence for music therapy as a treatment is examined. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of music therapy in the treatment of behavioural, social, cognitive and emotional problems of older people with dementia. SEARCH STRATEGY: The Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG) Specialised Register was searched on 30 June 2003 using the term "music*". This Register contains records from all major health care databases and many ongoing trial databases and is updated regularly. The principal reviewer conducted additional searches to retrieve randomised controlled trials (RCTs) concerning the effect of music therapy on older people with dementia. SELECTION CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials that reported clinically relevant outcomes associated with music therapy in treatment of behavioural, social, cognitive and emotional problems of older people with dementia. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: Two reviewers screened retrieved studies independently for methodological quality using a checklist. Data from accepted studies were independently extracted by the reviewers. MAIN RESULTS: Five studies were included. The methodological quality of the studies was generally poor and the study results could not be validated or pooled for further analyses. REVIEWERS' CONCLUSIONS: The methodological quality and the reporting of the included studies were too poor to draw any useful conclusions.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 329 citations exist upstream.

References

1967Development of a Rating Scale for Primary Depressive Illness 2009Effect of Music Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Alzheimer’s Type Dementia: Randomised, Controlled Study 2000Effects of Individualized Versus Classical "Relaxation" Music on the Frequency of Agitation in Elderly Persons With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders 2008Efficacy of Music Therapy in the Treatment of Behavioral and Psychiatric Symptoms of Dementia 2008An Arts Intervention for Older Adults Living in Subsidized Retirement Homes

Cited by

2013Effects of music therapy on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2012Music therapy in dementia: a narrative synthesis systematic review 2016Does music therapy enhance behavioral and cognitive function in elderly dementia patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis 2013Individual music therapy for agitation in dementia: an exploratory randomized controlled trial 2014‘Singing for the Brain’: A qualitative study exploring the health and well-being benefits of singing for people with dementia and their carers 2014Effectiveness of music therapy: a summary of systematic reviews based on randomized controlled trials of music interventions

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.