Emotional and behavioural responses to music in people with dementia: An observational study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-241

  Sherratt, Kirsty ^a,b   Thornton, A ^a   Hatton, C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Older Adult Clin Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSIC; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2442496476     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001669769     Document Type: Article

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