Effect of music therapy on anxiety and depression in patients with Alzheimer's type dementia: Randomised, controlled study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Guetin S ^a,c,d,e   Portet, F ^a   Picot, M C ^b   Pommie C ^a,c   Messaoudi, M ^a   Djabelkir, L ^a   Olsen, A L ^c   Cano, M M ^c   Lecourt, E ^d   Touchon, J ^a,c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c Association de Musicothérapie Applications et Recherches Cliniques AMARC   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anxiety; Depression; Music therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 67651007039     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229024     Document Type: Article

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