Effects of Group Music Intervention on Depression for Elderly People in Nursing Homes
Yu AL, Lo SF, Chen PY, Lu SF
International journal of environmental research and public health · 13 citations
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
- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2022-07-29 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 19 · issue 15 · p. 9291
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 18 citations · more than 91% of similar papers · 3.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 36 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Health and Well-being Studies · Health and Wellbeing Research
- Keywords
- Depression (economics), Intervention (counseling), Geriatric Depression Scale, Elderly people, Randomized controlled trial, Music therapy, Medicine, Nursing homes, Physical therapy, Significant difference, Nursing, Psychology, Gerontology, Psychiatry, Anxiety, Depressive symptoms, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, hydrocortisone, music therapy, depression, aged, nursing homes
4 authors
From TW
- Ailing YuMackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management
- Shun‐Tsung LoTzu Chi University
- Pei‐Yu ChenTzu Chi University
- Shiou-Fang Lu · correspondingTzu Chi University
Abstract
Depression is the most common mental problem among the elderly, especially in long-term care facilities. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of group music intervention on depression for elderly people in nursing homes. Methods: A randomized control trial consisting of sixty-three elderly participants randomly and blindly assigned to a music group or control group was utilized. The music group received 20 sessions of group music intervention (two 30-min sessions per week for 10 weeks), and the control group received usual care with no music intervention. The Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF) and salivary cortisol at baseline, 5 weeks, and 10 weeks were collected for analysis. Results of the GEEs (generalized estimating equations) analysis indicated that after 20 sessions for 10 weeks of group music intervention, the groups showed a statistically significant difference in depression at 5 weeks and 10 weeks. There was no significant difference in the salivary cortisol concentration between the two groups. The results show that the group music intervention may effectively reduce the depression scores for elderly people in nursing homes. Conclusion: The group music intervention has positive effects on depression.
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