Cognitive training in Alzheimer’s disease: a controlled randomized study

Giovagnoli, Anna Rita; Manfredi, Valentina; Parente, Annalisa; Schifano, L.; Oliveri, Serena; Avanzini, G.

doi:10.1007/s10072-017-3003-9

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“…Bahar-Fuchs et al [35] found that mood improved more among the patients receiving treatment, Dawson et al [38] that physical activity and communication with physicians improved more, and Giovagnoli et al [42] found that some psychosocial aspects improved more among patients, but altogether most studies found no effect. Some studies also examined the effects on depression, but no effects were found, except in the study by Fernández-Calvo et al [39], where patients reported a decrease in depression compared to patients in the control, who showed an increase.…”

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“…For example, Amieva et al [34] conducted treatment for 2 years, starting with weekly sessions (90 min per session), while Gagnon and Belleville [41] only conducted treatment for 2 weeks, 3 times a week (60 min per session). Control conditions varied also between studies, from active music therapy and neuro-education [42] to pharmacotherapy [45], waitlist [39], or pencil-paper exercises for self-study.…”

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Cognitive Therapy for Dementia Patients: A Systematic Review

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Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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Background: Cognitive therapy is a well-established intervention for treating elderly suffering from dementia. In particular, reality orientation and skills training seem to be effective interventions for reversing cognitive impairment among elderly, although findings are inconclusive. Therefore, a systematic update of the existing evidence of cognitive therapy for people suffering from dementia is needed. Aim: To review existing scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of cognitive therapies for elderly suffering from dementia. Methods: Studies were retrieved from several bibliographic databases (January 2009 to December 2017) with prespecified selection criteria, data extraction, and methodological quality assessment. Results: In total, 10 reality orientation, 25 skills training, and 12 mixed trials were identified as meeting the inclusion criteria and were systematically reviewed. Results from reality orientation trials showed minor effects for cognitive assessments, while skills training trials and mixed trials showed contradicting effects on cognition. Effects on other outcomes (e.g., daily functioning, depression, language) were limited or not found. Conclusions: Skills training trials and mixed trials seem to affect cognitive impairment in a positive way, although the results are inconclusive. Comparison between studies was difficult due to differences in form of intervention. Because findings are inconclusive, more structuralized and comparable randomized controlled trials are needed.

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Section: Skills Training Trialsmentioning

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Cognitive Therapy for Dementia Patients: A Systematic Review

Carrión

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Anastasiadou

et al. 2018

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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“…Lastly, music interventions have gained an increasing amount of interest in researchers and caregivers because, conceptually, it is an inexpensive, easily implemented, and highly enjoyable means of treatment for persons with AD. Behavioral studies investigating music interventions in AD report of low drop-out rates and high engagement in those with the disease (Guétin et al, 2009; Arroyo-Anlló et al, 2013; Sakamoto et al, 2013; Li et al, 2015; Giovagnoli et al, 2017; Gómez Gallego and Gómez García, 2017).…”

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Music Intervention Approaches for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review of the Literature

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Music interventions have been widely adopted as a potential non-pharmacological therapy for patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to treat cognitive and/or behavioral symptoms of the disease. In spite of the prevalence of such therapies, evidence for their effectiveness report mixed results in the literature. The purpose of this narrative review is to investigate the effectiveness of various intervention strategies (music therapy vs. music listening techniques) and music type used in the intervention (individualized vs. non-individualized music) on cognitive and behavioral outcomes for persons with AD. Databases were searched for studies using either active music therapy or music listening techniques over the last 10 years. These studies were in English, included persons with AD dementia, and whose protocol gathered pre- and post-intervention outcome measures. We initially identified 206 papers which were then reduced to 167 after removing duplicates. Further review yielded 13 papers which were extensively reviewed, resulting in a final sample of six papers. Our analysis of these papers suggested that, regardless of the music intervention approach, individualized music regimens provided the best outcomes for the patient. Furthermore, music listening may act as a relaxation technique and therefore provide a long-term impact for the patient, while active music therapy may acts to engage participants through social interaction and provide acute benefits. Our findings suggest that music techniques can be utilized in various ways to improve behavior and cognition.

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“…32 Lastly, music intervention can enhance the sociable aspects, such as interaction skills 33 and interpersonal relationships. 34 Furthermore, many published studies indicated that music intervention combined with the diabetic routine treatments could improve the depression score, anxiety score and the values of fasting glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c). 35 36 By searching the literature, it can be found that some reviews evaluated the effect of music intervention on the patients with mental disorders, [37][38][39] while no related systematic reviews or meta-analyses can be found about the effect of music intervention on the mental health of patients with diabetes.…”

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Effect of music intervention on mental health in patients with diabetes mellitus: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomizsed controlled trials

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IntroductionAbout 463 million adults aged 20–79 have diabetes globally. Mental disorders often exist in patients with diabetes as comorbidities, which can lead to aggravation of the diseases, increased difficulties in treatment, as well as elevated mortality rates. Music intervention has been applied in the treatment of comorbidities for 12 years now, but there are still no recommendations due to the lack of evidence. Thus, a meta-analysis is necessary to evaluate the effect of music intervention in treating mental disorders of patients with diabetes.Methods and analysisWe will search the following nine online electronic databases from their inception until March 2020: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, EBSCO, Cochrane Library, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database, Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP) and Chinese Biomedical and Medical Database. We also plan to search other relevant resources, including grey literature and the reference lists of relevant publications. Only randomised controlled trials of music intervention to treat depression or anxiety in patients with diabetes will be involved. The primary outcomes include the depression score and anxiety score measured on certain scales, and the secondary outcome is safety. Data extraction will be independently implemented by two researchers. The risk of bias will be evaluated through the Cochrane Collaboration’s Risk of Bias tool. Eventually, all the data will be analysed via the Review Manager V.5.3 software.Ethics and disseminationThis meta-analysis will provide information about applying music intervention to treat depression or anxiety in patients with diabetes. No ethical approval is required because this meta-analysis is based on published data. The results of this systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019146439

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Cognitive training in Alzheimer’s disease: a controlled randomized study

Cited by 45 publications

References 35 publications

Cognitive Therapy for Dementia Patients: A Systematic Review

Cognitive Therapy for Dementia Patients: A Systematic Review

Music Intervention Approaches for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review of the Literature

Effect of music intervention on mental health in patients with diabetes mellitus: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomizsed controlled trials

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