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| The short-term effects of music therapy on different types of agitation in adults with Alzheimer's |
| Author(s) | Barbara Jennings, David Vance |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 26, no 4, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 27-34 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Dementia ; Music ; Therapy ; Short term ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 16 older Americans (mean age 78.8 years) from a day care centre and diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease (AD) were given a 30-minute music class once a week for 4 consecutive weeks. Agitation, as measured by the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI), was assessed by each participant's primary daycare staff person one week before the treatment and within 45 minutes to 1 hour after each class. Paired t-tests showed that agitation was significantly reduced compared to the baseline measure. Specifically, music therapy reduced those types of agitation except for types of physical agitation such as hitting or spitting. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030512207 A |
| Classmark | EP: EA: HH: LO: 4P: 4C: 7T |
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