Group Music Intervention Using Percussion Instruments to Reduce Anxiety Among Elderly Male Veterans with Alzheimer Disease

Mu-N Liu; Ying-Jay Liou; Wan-Chuan Wang; Kuan-Chen Su; Heng-Liang Yeh; Chi‐ieong Lau; Li-Yu Hu; Shih-Jen Tsai; Hsin-Yi Chen

doi:10.12659/MSM.928714

21 February 2021 : Clinical Research

Group Music Intervention Using Percussion Instruments to Reduce Anxiety Among Elderly Male Veterans with Alzheimer Disease

Mu-N Liu^1234ABDG, Ying-Jay Liou^12AC, Wan-Chuan Wang^56ABCD, Kuan-Chen Su^5DEF, Heng-Liang Yeh^7B, Chi‐ieong Lau^89101112FG, Li-Yu Hu^12DF, Shih-Jen Tsai^123ADEG*, Hsin-Yi Chen^513ADG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928714

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e928714

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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and measurements of depression and anxiety of patients with Alzheimer disease in the intervention and control groups.

	Intervention (n=25)	Control (n=25)	p
Age	86.56±4.54	86.92±5.73	0.807
Education	6.96±3.17	7.80±3.72	0.394
Mild Dementia; CDR=1, (n,%)	9 (36%)	9 (36%)	1.0
PMMA	34.2±20.8	25.8±21.6	0.168
GDS
Baseline	4.68±0.48	4.72±0.46	1.0
6 weeks	4.40±0.50	4.64±0.49	0.4
12 weeks	4.44±0.65	4.60±0.65	0.387
HAMA
Baseline	13.36±0.95	13.24±0.97	0.661
6 weeks	11.60±1.23	13.08±1.22	<0.001^**
12 weeks	10.20±1.94	12.96±1.21	<0.001^**
Values are expressed as mean±SD. Statistical analysis was performed by repeated-measures ANOVA and post hoc analyses with independent test: ^** p PMMA – Primary Measures of Music Audiation; HAMA – Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; GDS – Geriatric Depression Scale.

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