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The impact of group music therapy on depression and cognition in elderly persons with dementia a randomized controlled study
Hsin Chu,Chyn Yng Yang,Chyn Yng Yang,Yu Lin,Keng Liang Ou,Tso Ying Lee,Anthony Paul O'Brien,Kuei Ru Chou +7 more
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The group music intervention is a noninvasive and inexpensive therapy that appeared to reduce elders’ depression and delayed the deterioration of cognitive functions, particularly short-term recall function.Abstract:
Objective:The aims of this study were to determine the effectiveness of group music therapy for improving depression and delaying the deterioration of cognitive functions in elderly persons with de...read more
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Music therapy for depression
Sonja Aalbers,Laura Fusar-Poli,Ruth E. Freeman,Marinus Spreen,Johannes C.F. Ket,Annemiek C. Vink,Anna Maratos,Mike J. Crawford,Xi Jing Chen,Christian Gold +9 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis examining short-term effects of music therapy for depression found moderate-quality evidence of large effects favouring music therapy and TAU over TAU alone for both clinician-rated depressive symptoms and secondary outcomes.
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Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation
Aleksi J. Sihvonen,Aleksi J. Sihvonen,Teppo Särkämö,Vera Leo,Mari Tervaniemi,Eckart Altenmüller,Seppo Soinila,Seppo Soinila +7 more
TL;DR: Although further controlled studies are needed to establish the efficacy of music in neurological recovery, music-based interventions are emerging as promising rehabilitation strategies.
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Music‐based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia
Jenny T. van der Steen,Mirjam C. van Soest-Poortvliet,Johannes C. van der Wouden,Manon S. Bruinsma,Rob J P M Scholten,Annemiek C. Vink +5 more
TL;DR: Low-quality evidence is found that music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia may have little or no effect on emotional well-being and quality of life, and future studies should employ larger sample sizes.
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Does music therapy enhance behavioral and cognitive function in elderly dementia patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: Subgroup analyses showed that disease sub-type, intervention method, comparator, subject location, trial design, trial period and outcome measure instrument made little difference in outcomes; the meta-regression may have identified the causes of heterogeneity as the intervention method , comparator and trial design.
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Effects of music and music therapy on mood in neurological patients.
TL;DR: A narrative review of the current literature on musical interventions and their effects on mood and depression in patients with neurological disorders finds most of the studies support the efficacy of MT and other musical interventions on mood, depressive syndromes, and quality of life on neurological patients.
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“Mini-mental state”: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician
Marshal F. Folstein,Marshal F. Folstein,Susan E B Folstein,Susan E B Folstein,Paul R. McHugh,Paul R. McHugh +5 more
TL;DR: A simplified, scored form of the cognitive mental status examination, the “Mini-Mental State” (MMS) which includes eleven questions, requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician
TL;DR: The Mini-Mental State (MMS) as mentioned in this paper is a simplified version of the standard WAIS with eleven questions and requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
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Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia.
TL;DR: The Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia is introduced, a 19-item clinician-administered instrument that uses information from interviews with both the patient and a nursing staff member, a method suitable for demented patients.
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Music therapy for people with dementia.
TL;DR: The evidence for music therapy as a treatment for dementia is examined and the methodological quality and the reporting of the included studies were too poor to draw any useful conclusions.