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Does Music Therapy Improve Anxiety and Depression in Alzheimer's Patients?

Vicente Javier Prado GascóJosé Joaquín Cerón MadrigalJosé Enrique De La Rubia OrtíCarmen Cabañés IranzoMariano Julián RochinaMaría Pilar García-pardoSandra Sancho Castillo

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyMusic therapyHydrocortisoneTerapéuticaEnfermedad del sistema nerviosoDiseaseAnxietyHospital Anxiety and Depression Scale03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineAlzheimer DiseasemedicineHumansIn patientAlzheimer Enfermedad de030212 general & internal medicineSalivaPsychiatryMusic TherapySalivary cortisolDepression (differential diagnoses)AgedAged 80 and overDepressionbusiness.industryComplementary and alternative medicineTerapiaPhysical therapyAnxietyImmunoassay techniqueFemalemedicine.symptombusinessEnfermedad mental030217 neurology & neurosurgeryMúsica

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of a short protocol of music therapy as a tool to reduce stress and improve the emotional state in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. METHODS: A sample of 25 patients with mild Alzheimer's received therapy based on the application of a music therapy session lasting 60 min. Before and after the therapy, patient saliva was collected to quantify the level of salivary cortisol using the Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) immunoassay technique and a questionnaire was completed to measure anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). RESULTS: The results show that the application of this therapy lowers the level of stress and decreases significantly depression and anxiety, establishing a linear correlation between the variation of these variables and the variation of cortisol. CONCLUSIONS: A short protocol of music therapy can be an alternative medicine to improve emotional variables in Alzheimer patients. Sin financiación 1.868 JCR (2018) Q2, 12/27 Integrative & Complementary Medicine 0.532 SJR (2018) Q1, 25/109 Complementary and Alternative Medicine No data IDR 2018 UEV

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-07-18
10.1089/acm.2016.0346https://hdl.handle.net/11268/7331