This first article brings to light the effects that mild dementia has on a psychological sense, that is, symptoms of depression and anxiety. Then, it reviews the effects of music intervention on these symptoms. This helps me to begin making a list of the different areas that music can target since dementia patients suffer from many different symptoms, one of which we see here as anxiety and depression.
Petrovsky,
D., Cacchione, P. Z., & George, M. (2015). Review of the effect of music
interventions on symptoms of anxiety and depression in older adults with mild
dementia. International
Psychogeriatrics, 27(10), 1661-1670.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610215000393
The second article seen below focuses on the effects that music has on falling, which is another cause of dementia. This new target can help us understand the physical effects that music has on dementia patients.
Gill, L. M., & Englert, N. C. (2013). A music
intervention's effect on falls in a dementia unit. The Journal for
Nurse Practitioners, 9(9), 562-567. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2013.05.005
This third article is powerful in the sense that it shows one of the methods used in determining the effects of music on dementia patients. A randomized control study was used here to scientifically see the correlation between music and dementia.
Guétin, S., Portet, F., Picot, M. C., Pommié, C., Messaoudi,
M., Djabelkir, L., . . . Touchon, J. (2009). Effect of music therapy on anxiety
and depression in patients with alzheimer's type dementia: Randomised,
controlled study.Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 28(1),
36-46. Retrieved from http://unr.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/232506655?accountid=452
The fourth article has a review of a meta-analysis which can strengthen the confidence of the outcome for this research question. This can also help to lower the errors found in systematic researches and lower the risk of confounding factors.
Vasionytė, I., & Madison, G. (2013). Musical intervention for patients with dementia: a meta-analysis. Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 22(9/10), 1203-1216. doi:10.1111/jocn.12166
This last article focuses on understanding the scales of dementia and the tests that are done in order to understand better where a patient stands in terms of level of dementia. This is a great way to assess the individuals with dementia and to see if music has a greater or lesser affect on individuals with different levels of dementia as well as assessing if music could potentially benefit and bring an individual to a lesser state of dementia.
Hughes, C. P., Berg, L., Danziger, W. L., Coben, L. A.,
& Martin, R. L. (1982). Clinical Dementia Rating. Psyctests,
doi:10.1037/t28287-000
