Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease
Background: Music interventions are promising therapies for the management of symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Globally, music interventions can be classified as active or receptive depending on the participation of the subjects. Active and receptive music tasks engage different brain areas tha...
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doaj-a395b56ed7bb4f20b8d198d1f551c90f2021-08-06T15:23:38ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-07-01188067806710.3390/ijerph18158067Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s DiseaseMaría Gómez-Gallego0Juan Cándido Gómez-Gallego1María Gallego-Mellado2Javier García-García3Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Saint Anthony, 30100 Murcia, SpainApplied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, SpainEspinardo Primary Health Care Centre, 30100 Murcia, SpainClinical Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Economics, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, SpainBackground: Music interventions are promising therapies for the management of symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Globally, music interventions can be classified as active or receptive depending on the participation of the subjects. Active and receptive music tasks engage different brain areas that might result in distinctive clinical effects. This study aims to compare the clinical effects of two types of music interventions and a control activity. Methods: Ninety AD patients from six nursing homes participated in the study. Nursing homes were randomly and blindly assigned to receive either active music intervention, receptive music intervention, or the usual care. Effects on cognition, behaviour, daily living activities, and motor function were assessed. Results: Active music intervention improved cognition, behaviour, and functional state in a higher extent than both receptive music intervention and usual care. The effect size of active music intervention for cognitive deficits and behavioural symptoms was large (η<sup>2</sup> = 0.62 and 0.61, respectively), while for functional state, it was small-to-medium sized (η<sup>2</sup> = 0.18). Receptive music intervention had a stabilizing effect on behavioural symptoms compared to control intervention (mean change from baseline ± standard deviation = −0.76 ± 3.66 and 3.35 ± 3.29, respectively). In the active music intervention, the percentage of patients who showed improvement in cognitive deficits (85.7), behavioural symptoms (92.9), and functional state (46.4) was higher than in both receptive listening (11.8, 42.9, and 14.3, respectively) and control group (6.3, 12.2, and 17.1, respectively). Conclusions: Active music intervention is useful to improve symptoms of AD and should be prescribed as a complement to the usual treatment.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/8067Alzheimer’s diseasecognitionbehaviourdaily living activitiesmotor functionactive music intervention |
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María Gómez-Gallego Juan Cándido Gómez-Gallego María Gallego-Mellado Javier García-García Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Alzheimer’s disease cognition behaviour daily living activities motor function active music intervention |
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María Gómez-Gallego Juan Cándido Gómez-Gallego María Gallego-Mellado Javier García-García |
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Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer’s Disease |
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comparative efficacy of active group music intervention versus group music listening in alzheimer’s disease |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Background: Music interventions are promising therapies for the management of symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Globally, music interventions can be classified as active or receptive depending on the participation of the subjects. Active and receptive music tasks engage different brain areas that might result in distinctive clinical effects. This study aims to compare the clinical effects of two types of music interventions and a control activity. Methods: Ninety AD patients from six nursing homes participated in the study. Nursing homes were randomly and blindly assigned to receive either active music intervention, receptive music intervention, or the usual care. Effects on cognition, behaviour, daily living activities, and motor function were assessed. Results: Active music intervention improved cognition, behaviour, and functional state in a higher extent than both receptive music intervention and usual care. The effect size of active music intervention for cognitive deficits and behavioural symptoms was large (η<sup>2</sup> = 0.62 and 0.61, respectively), while for functional state, it was small-to-medium sized (η<sup>2</sup> = 0.18). Receptive music intervention had a stabilizing effect on behavioural symptoms compared to control intervention (mean change from baseline ± standard deviation = −0.76 ± 3.66 and 3.35 ± 3.29, respectively). In the active music intervention, the percentage of patients who showed improvement in cognitive deficits (85.7), behavioural symptoms (92.9), and functional state (46.4) was higher than in both receptive listening (11.8, 42.9, and 14.3, respectively) and control group (6.3, 12.2, and 17.1, respectively). Conclusions: Active music intervention is useful to improve symptoms of AD and should be prescribed as a complement to the usual treatment. |
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Alzheimer’s disease cognition behaviour daily living activities motor function active music intervention |
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