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Music Therapy Enhances Episodic Memory in Alzheimer's and Mixed Dementia: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Nov2023, Vol. 11 Issue 22, p2912, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Objective: This study aimed to assess whether a music therapy (MT) intervention could improve memory decline in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. A dual-retrieval model of episodic memory was employed to estimate memory processes. Methods: Forty-three older adults with a mean age of 76.49 years (n = 25 with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mixed dementia, and n = 18 healthy older adults) were randomly selected for the experimental and control groups. The study design was a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial and a certified music therapist delivered the MT. The primary outcomes were measures of working memory, episodic memory, and autobiographical memory. Results: In the primary outcome measures, MT effects were restricted to episodic memory measures like the Figure Memory Test of the BCSB and the Speech and Sing Memory Test. In both tests, the experimental group improved from pre-test to post-test in delayed recall, but in the Speech and Sing Memory Test, the improvement was restricted to the AD and mixed dementia group. MT had no effects on the secondary outcome measures. Conclusions: These findings suggest that a structured MT intervention can be promising for rehabilitating episodic memory in older adults with dementia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALZHEIMER'S disease treatment
TREATMENT of dementia
MEMORY
MATHEMATICAL models
MUSIC therapy
TREATMENT effectiveness
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
EPISODIC memory
BLIND experiment
DEMENTIA
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
QUESTIONNAIRES
HYPOTHESIS
RESEARCH funding
THEORY
STATISTICAL sampling
REHABILITATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 22
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173831029
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11222912