ArticleDementia & neuropsychologia
Can musical intervention improve memory in Alzheimer's patients? Evidence from a systematic review.
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- Inconsistent Music-Based Intervention Reporting in Dementia Studies: A Systematic Mapping Review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Pooled it
- Sensogenomics of music and Alzheimer's disease: An interdisciplinary view from neuroscience, transcriptomics, and epigenomics.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Are we romanticizing traditional knowledge? A plea for more experimental studies in ethnobiology.Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine · 2024Article
- The effects of musicality on brain network topology in the context of Alzheimer's disease and memory decline.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Music Therapy Enhances Episodic Memory in Alzheimer's and Mixed Dementia: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Treatment of dementia: recommendations of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2022Article
- Clinical Observation of Computer Vision Technology Combined with Music Therapy in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.Emergency medicine international · 2022Article
- Effects of Music Therapy on Patients with Dementia-A Systematic Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Cognitive Intervention with Musical Stimuli Using Digital Devices on Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Treatment with music has shown effectiveness in the treatment of general behavioural and cognitive symptoms of patients with various types of dementia.
objectiveTo assess the effectiveness of treatment with music on the memory of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
methodsA systematic search was performed on PubMed (Medline), Cochrane Library, PsycINFO and Lilacs databases up to June 2017 and included all randomized controlled trials that assessed memory using musical interventions in patients with AD.
resultsForty-two studies were identified, and 24 studies were selected. After applying the exclusion criteria, four studies involving 179 patients were included. These studies showed the benefits of using music to treat memory deficit in patients with AD.
conclusionTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first systematic review focusing on randomized trials found in the literature that analysed the role of musical interventions specifically in the memory of patients with AD. Despite the positive outcome of this review, the available evidence remains inconsistent due to the small number of randomized controlled trials.
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