RT Journal Article
T1 Effect of Music Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Measure Applied to Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Systematic Review
A1 García Navarro, Esperanza Begoña
A1 Buzón Pérez, Ana
A1 Cabillas Romero, Ana
AB The objective of this research was to learn about the effects of music as a non-pharmacologicaltherapeutic intervention applied to Alzheimer’s disease. To this aim, we evaluated its results regarding symptomatology and caregiver burden. Methods: This systematic review followed thePreferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria. We searchedPubmed/Medline (NLM), Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane and Google Scholar, including articlesfrom 1 January 2011–20 July 2021, using the keywords “Alzheimer’s disease”, “Music therapy”, “Caregivers overload”, “Amnesia retrograde” and “Clinical evolution”. To select the articles our criteriaincluded complete text availability, quantitative research of an experimental nature and studies which,at least, figured in SJR or in JCR. Results: We found a relationship between the application of musictherapy in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and an improvement regarding symptomatology, as itsmoothed down the progress of the disease. Using music therapy in Alzheimer’s patients also led to adecrease in caregivers’ burden and an increase in their well-being. Conclusions: Our results showedthe benefits of music therapy, as it improved both patients’ symptomatology and caregivers’ burden
PB MDPI
SN 2039-4403 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21586
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21586
LA eng
NO García-Navarro, E. B., Buzón-Pérez, A., & Cabillas-Romero, M. (2022). Effect of Music Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Measure Applied to Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Systematic Review. In Nursing Reports (Vol. 12, Issue 4, pp. 775–790). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep12040076
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026