Assessing music-related memory in people with dementia: a scoping review

The Sound of Memory: Investigating Music Therapy’s Cognitive Benefits in Patients with Dementia—A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

“…In our study, we directly compared and ranked the impacts of various music therapies on cognitive function in dementia, considering each music therapy as a benchmark for the study. Nonetheless, several studies are based on self-reported surveys and lack prospective designs that clearly define the types of music interventions used (Table S3), and while some systematic reviews have included patients with dementia during and after treatment, they fail to specify the exact types of music interventions [22][23][24][26][27][28]. In other words, our goal was not to answer whether all music interventions are effective for cognitive function in dementia patients but to evaluate the different impacts on the cognitive function of dementia patients undergoing different types of music, with these music types being part of the ranking results.…”

“…The initial phase involved screening to eliminate duplicates and exclude studies that were not primarily focused on cognitive function in dementia. Subsequently, a search was conducted manually, and the reference lists of several review articles [22][23][24][25][26][27][28] were examined for additional relevant studies. The titles and abstracts of the screened articles were then evaluated for relevance by two independent reviewers (Ting and Su).…”