Effects of music therapy on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 628-641

  Ueda, Tomomi ^a   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a   Sato, Mai ^a   Izumi, Shin Ichi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSIC THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANXIETY; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MUSIC THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876360442     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.02.003     Document Type: Review

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