Effect of music therapy on caregiver’s burden of patients with dementia

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  • Abe Makiko
    Department of Dementia Prevention and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
  • Satoh Masayuki
    Department of Dementia Prevention and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
  • Tabei Ken-ichi
    Department of Dementia Prevention and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
  • Kawagita Sumie
    三重大学医学部附属病院認知症センター・基幹型認知症疾患医療センター
  • Fujita Risa
    Department of Dementia Prevention and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
  • Nakano Chizuru
    三重大学医学部附属病院認知症センター・基幹型認知症疾患医療センター
  • Kida Hirotaka
    三重大学医学部附属病院認知症センター・基幹型認知症疾患医療センター
  • Tomimoto Hidekazu
    Department of Dementia Prevention and Therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University

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  • 認知症患者及びその介護者への音楽療法の効果判定: 介護負担感への影響

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychological effects of music therapy in patients with dementia and their caregivers by using neuropsychological tests and interviews. Seventeen patients (7 who received music therapy and 10 who were untreated controls) and their caregivers (17 individuals) participated in our study. The patients in the music therapy group received music therapy for 6 months. The patients and their caregivers were administered neuropsychological tests and a questionnaire on care burden, respectively on the starting date and after 3 and 6 months of therapy. The numerical values of care burden were reduced only in the music therapy group (p=0.1) Thus, music therapy might be useful to reduce the caregiver’s burden of patients with dementia.

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