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A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia. |
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International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 27(6), June 2012, pp.621-627. |
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0885-6230 |
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1099-1166 |
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The effect of a group music intervention on anxiety and agitation was examined in a group of older adults with dementia living in a Taiwanese residential care facility. A total of 60 participants (average age 81.37 years, 65.8% female) were randomly assigned to an experimental or a control group. The experimental group received a 30-minute music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music in a group setting mid afternoon twice weekly for 6 weeks. The control group received usual care. The Rating of Anxiety in Dementia scale was used to assess anxiety, and Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory was used to assess agitation at baseline, week 4 and week 6. Repeated measures analysis of covariance indicated that older adults who received a group music intervention had a significantly lower anxiety score than those in the control group while controlling for pre-test score and cognitive level. However, the reduction of agitation between the two groups was not significantly different. Anxiety and agitation are common in older adults with dementia and can produce challenges for caregivers. This group music programme may provide a cost-effective approach to reducing anxiety and the improving psychological well-being of those with dementia. |
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anxiety; dementia; music therapy; residential care; very old people; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=0c065391-90f6-4461-a733-dc5947db7dec |
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