A preferred music listening intervention to reduce anxiety in older adults with dementia in nursing homes
Sung HC, Chang AM, Lee WL
Journal of clinical nursing · 118 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2010-03-12 · J Clin Nurs · vol. 19 · issue 7-8 · pp. 1056–1064
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 80 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 7.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 40 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Keywords
- Anxiety, Active listening, Dementia, Intervention (counseling), Music therapy, Medicine, Psychology, Clinical psychology, Nursing, Psychiatry, Disease, Psychotherapist
- MeSH
- humans, dementia, music therapy, long-term care, anxiety, aged, aged, 80 and over, homes for the aged, nursing homes, taiwan, female, male, patient preference
3 authors
From TW
- Huei‐Chuan Sung · correspondingTzu Chi College of Technology; Tzu Chi University
- Anne M ChangTzu Chi College of Technology; Tzu Chi University
- Wen-Li LeeTzu Chi College of Technology; Tzu Chi University
Abstract
Aim
This article reports the results of a study evaluating a preferred music listening intervention for reducing anxiety in older adults with dementia in nursing homes.
Background
Anxiety can have a significant negative impact on older adults' functional status, quality of life and health care resources. However, anxiety is often under-diagnosed and inappropriately treated in those with dementia. Little is known about the use of a preferred music listening intervention for managing anxiety in those with dementia.
Design
A quasi-experimental pretest and posttest design was used.
Methods
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a preferred music listening intervention on anxiety in older adults with dementia in nursing home. Twenty-nine participants in the experimental group received a 30-minute music listening intervention based on personal preferences delivered by trained nursing staff in mid-afternoon, twice a week for six weeks. Meanwhile, 23 participants in the control group only received usual standard care with no music. Anxiety was measured by Rating Anxiety in Dementia at baseline and week six. Analysis of covariance (ancova) was used to determine the effectiveness of a preferred music listening intervention on anxiety at six weeks while controlling for pretest anxiety, age and marital status.
Results
ancova results indicated that older adults who received the preferred music listening had a significantly lower anxiety score at six weeks compared with those who received the usual standard care with no music (F = 12.15, p = 0.001).
Conclusions
Preferred music listening had a positive impact by reducing the level of anxiety in older adults with dementia.
Relevance to clinical practice
Nursing staff can learn how to implement preferred music intervention to provide appropriate care tailored to the individual needs of older adults with dementia. Preferred music listening is an inexpensive and viable intervention to promote mental health of those with dementia.
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