Trial reportAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2014
Multisensory stimulation on mood, behavior, and biomedical parameters in people with dementia: is it more effective than conventional one-to-one stimulation?
Trial report in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Optimal nonpharmacological management of agitation in Alzheimer's disease: challenges and solutions.Clinical interventions in aging · 2016Pooled it
- Multisensory Stimulation as an Intervention Strategy for Elderly Patients With Severe Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias · 2016Trial
- Multisensory Stimulation in Rehabilitation of Dementia: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Effects of Multi-Sensory Stimulation on Apathy Symptoms in Elderly Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Snoezelen in people with intellectual disability or dementia: A systematic review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2023Review
- Bright Light Therapy in Older Adults with Moderate to Very Severe Dementia: Immediate Effects on Behavior, Mood, and Physiological Parameters.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Tactics to Evaluate the Evidence Base of a Nonbehavioral Intervention in an Expanded Consumer Area.Behavior analysis in practice · 2019Article
- Evidence-Based Nonpharmacological Practices to Address Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia.The Gerontologist · 2018Review
- Use of multisensory stimulation in institutionalized older adults with moderate or severe dementia.Dementia & neuropsychologiaArticle
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of multisensory stimulation in a multisensory stimulation environment (MSSE) such as a Snoezelen room versus one-to-one activity sessions with regard to mood, behavior, and biomedical parameters (heart rate and blood oxygen saturation). The MSSE group and activity group (one-to-one activities) of patients with dementia participated in 2 weekly individualized intervention sessions over 16 weeks, where mood and behavior before, during, and after the sessions, and biomedical parameters immediately before and after, were recorded. Immediately after the sessions, patients spoke more spontaneously, related better to others, were more attentive to their environments, more active/alert, less bored/inactive, and more relaxed/content. Both groups exhibited decreases in heart rate and increases in oxygen saturation (Spo 2) values from before to after the sessions. The MSSE sessions in a Snoezelen room were found to be as effective as activity sessions, highlighting the importance of the one-to-one interaction with the therapist.
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