A preferred music listening intervention to reduce anxiety in older adults with dementia in nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1056-1064

  Sung, Huei Chuan ^a   Chang, Anne M ^b   Lee, Wen Li ^a  

^a TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dementia; Elders; Long term care; Music; Nursing; Older adult

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT PREFERENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955972814     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03016.x     Document Type: Article

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