Trial reportJournal of music therapy2023
Music Therapy Increases Social and Emotional Well-Being in Persons With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Crossover Trial Comparing Singing to Verbal Discussion.
Trial report in Journal of music therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of A Multimodal Music Therapy Intervention for Engaging Persons With Severe Dementia (AMUSED)
Exploring and Evaluating the Impact of 'Refresh and Reconnect!': A Museum-based Heritage Programme for Older Persons With Cognitive Impairment
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global trends, research hotspots, and clinical evidence mapping of music therapy interventions for cognitive impairment: a bibliometric and visualization analysis from 2006 to 2026.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Harmonious ageing: a narrative review of music therapy in the biomedical literature.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of physical exercise on neuroinflammation mechanism in Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Strategies to enhance treatment fidelity and music-based intervention reporting in dementia research.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Trial
- Non-pharmacological strategies for the management of Alzheimer's disease.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2026Review
- Music activities that most elicit interest and pleasure among older people with mild-to-moderate dementia: a qualitative multiple-case study in Italy.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- A taxonomic framework of music-based intervention components to guide research: recommendations from the NIH U24 music research networks.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Music therapy combined with anesthesia recovery care boosts anesthesia recovery in colorectal cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical resection.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Effects of mindfulness, music therapy, and social support on adolescents test anxiety.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Celebrating 40 years of the University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Impact of Music Therapy on Neurodevelopment of Preterm Infants and Functional Improvement in Children with Neurological Deficits.Pediatric reports · 2025Review
- The Therapeutic Function of Music Plan: a tool to specify the theory of music in music-based interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Impacts of Background Music on the Effects of Loving-Kindness Meditation on Positive Emotions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Multifaceted Music Therapy for Depression in Dementia: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Person-Centred, Culturally Appropriate Music Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing of Residents with Advanced Dementia Living in Australian Rural Residential Aged Care Homes.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Creative aging in virtual spaces: using museum content and music therapy to explore cultural diversity.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- A qualitative study of music-based intervention use for Alzheimer's disease in elder care communities.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reportsArticle
- Care staff perspectives of clinically meaningful outcomes for dementia residents.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)Article
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Abstract
The number of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) is growing proportional to our aging population. Although music-based interventions may offer meaningful support to these individuals, most music therapy research lacks well-matched comparison conditions and specific intervention focus, which limits evaluation of intervention effectiveness and possible mechanisms. Here, we report a randomized clinical crossover trial in which we examined the impact of a singing-based music therapy intervention on feelings, emotions, and social engagement in 32 care facility residents with ADRD (aged 65-97 years), relative to an analogous nonmusic condition (verbal discussion). Both conditions were informed by the Clinical Practice Model for Persons with Dementia and occurred in a small group format, three times per week for two weeks (six 25-minute sessions), with a two-week washout at crossover. We followed National Institutes of Health Behavior Change Consortium strategies to enhance methodological rigor. We predicted that music therapy would improve feelings, positive emotions, and social engagement, significantly more so than the comparison condition. We used a linear mixed model approach to analysis. In support of our hypotheses, the music therapy intervention yielded significant positive effects on feelings, emotions, and social engagement, particularly for those with moderate dementia. Our study contributes empirical support for the use of music therapy to improve psychosocial well-being in this population. Results also highlight the importance of considering patient characteristics in intervention design and offer practical implications for music selection and implementation within interventions for persons with ADRD.
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