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SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2004

Music therapy for people with dementia.

A C Vink, J S Birks, M S Bruinsma, R J S Scholten

Registry-linked trialAbstract readSystematic Review
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03701971 (Randomized Prospective Open-label Study Evaluating the Benefit of Music Therapy on Pruritus in Patients With Pruritic Dermatitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 82 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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82citing papers in PubMed, 18 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03701971 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Randomized Prospective Open-label Study Evaluating the Benefit of Music Therapy on Pruritus in Patients With Pruritic Dermatitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital, BrestRan2018 to 2019Enrolled50ConditionsPruritusArmsevaluation of the intensity of pruritus
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 300 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  4. Simulated presence therapy for dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  7. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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  9. Music intervention on cognitive dysfunction in healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2017
    Pooled it
  10. Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  11. Simulated presence therapy for dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  12. Dance movement therapy for dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  14. Antidepressants for agitation and psychosis in dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011
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  15. The singer or the singing: who sings individually to persons with dementia and what are the effects?American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2010
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  17. Massage and touch for dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2006
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22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A C VinkSaxion Hogeschool, Conservatory, Music Therapy Dept., PO Box 70.000, Enschede, Netherlands, NL-7500 KB.
J S Birks
M S Bruinsma
R J S Scholten
Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLSaxion · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDementia 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.

objectivesTo 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

resultsFive 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'

conclusionsThe methodological quality and the reporting of the included studies were too poor to draw any useful conclusions.

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Music TherapyAgedDementiaHumansMental DisordersRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

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PMID15266489
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Registered trials

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