ArticleAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2018
Scripted-IMPROV: Interactive Improvisational Drama With Persons With Dementia-Effects on Engagement, Affect, Depression, and Quality of Life.
Article in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of non-facilitated meaningful activities for people with dementia in long-term care facilities: A systematic review.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Pooled it
- Playful brains: a possible neurobiological pathway to cognitive health in aging.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Improv as cognitive activity.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Expanding the Role Repertoire While Aging: A Drama Therapy Model.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
- Playback theatre in adult day centers: A creative group intervention for community-dwelling older adults.PloS one · 2020Article
- The Effects of Intuitive Movement Reembodiment on the Quality of Life of Older Adults With Dementia: A Pilot Study.American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementiasArticle
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Abstract
Scripted-IMPROV (SI) is a nonpharmacological (ecopsychosocial) intervention that consists of semi-improvised drama performances specifically designed for persons with dementia (PWD). In this 12-site study, 178 PWD took part in the SI intervention. Levels of engagement/affect were assessed at baseline and again during SI performances; quality of life (via the Dementia Quality of Life scale) and depression (via the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form [GDS-SF]) were assessed at baseline and post-treatment. Positive forms of engagement/affect increased, while negative forms of engagement decreased. Regarding depression, for a subsample of 29 participants who scored in the depressed range on the GDS-SF at baseline, depressive symptoms were reduced at post-treatment. Although overall quality of life did not change, the increase in positive affect during SI suggests that quality of life was higher during the intervention itself. In conclusion, SI possesses the characteristics of a high-quality intervention for PWD and seems worthy of further investigation in future research.
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