The effect of group music therapy on mood, speech, and singing in individuals with Parkinson's disease--a feasibility study
Elefant C, Baker FA, Lotan M, Lagesen SK, Skeie GO
Journal of music therapy · 40 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-09-01 · J Music Ther · vol. 49 · issue 3 · pp. 278–302
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Cited
- 111 citations · more than 90% of similar papers · 2.6× the field average
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Voice and Speech Disorders · Music Therapy and Health · Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Keywords
- Singing, Psychology, Rating scale, Mood, Psychological intervention, Intervention (counseling), Music therapy, Audiology, Quality of life (healthcare), Parkinson's disease, Clinical psychology, Physical therapy, Medicine, Disease, Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapist, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, voice disorders, parkinson disease, speech disorders, treatment outcome, music therapy, voice training, feasibility studies, mood disorders, psychotherapy, group, quality of life, adult, middle aged, patient satisfaction, female, male
5 authors
From NO, AU, US
- Cochavit ElefantUniversity of Bergen
- Felicity Anne BakerThe University of Queensland
- Meir LotanAmerican Physical Therapy Association
- S. K. LagesenUniversity of Bergen
- GEIR OLVE SKEIEHaukeland University Hospital; University of Bergen
Abstract
Background
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder where patients exhibit impairments in speech production. Few studies have investigated the influence of music interventions on vocal abilities of individuals with PD.
Objectives
To evaluate the influence of a group voice and singing intervention on speech, singing, and depressive symptoms in individuals with PD.
Methods
Ten patients diagnosed with PD participated in this one-group, repeated measures design study. Participants received the sixty-minute intervention, in a small group setting once a week for 20 consecutive weeks. Speech and singing quality were acoustically analyzed using a KayPentax Multi-Dimensional Voice Program, voice ability using the Voice Handicap Index (VHI), and depressive symptoms using the Montgomery and Asberg Depression rating scale (MADRS). Measures were taken at baseline (Time 1), after 10 weeks of weekly sessions (Time 2), and after 20 weeks of weekly sessions (Time 3).
Results
Significant changes were observed for five of the six singing quality outcomes at Time 2 and 3, as well as voice range and the VHI physical subscale at Time 3. No significant changes were found for speaking quality or depressive symptom outcomes; however, there was an absence of decline on speaking quality outcomes over the intervention period.
Conclusions
Significant improvements in singing quality and voice range, coupled with the absence of decline in speaking quality support group singing as a promising intervention for persons with PD. A two-group randomized control study is needed to determine whether the intervention contributes to maintenance of speaking quality in persons with PD.
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