Effectiveness of a combined dance and relaxation intervention on reducing anxiety and depression and improving quality of life among the cognitively impaired elderly

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e47-e53

  Adam, Dina ^a   Ramli, Ayiesah ^a   Shahar, Suzana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dance therapy; Depression; Malaysia; Mild cognitive impairment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956669967     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.009     Document Type: Article

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