title: Assessing the impact and social perception of self-regulated music stimulation with patients with Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: We assessed the impact and social rating of an active and a passive music condition implemented with six patients with Alzheimer's disease. In the active condition, the patients used a simple hand response and a microswitch to self-regulate music stimulation inputs. In the passive condition, music stimulation was automatically presented throughout the sessions. Active and passive stimulation sessions were preceded and followed by control (non-stimulation) sessions. The active condition sessions showed an increase in the patients' indices of positive participation (e.g., singing or music-related movements, and smiles) greater than that observed in the passive condition sessions for five of the six patients. Positive intervention effects could also spread to the post-intervention sessions. Social raters (42 care and rehabilitation staff members working with persons with multiple disabilities) favored the active condition on a six-item questionnaire dealing with, among others, conditions' suitability, respect of patients' dignity and independence, and practicality. The implications of the findings as to the plausibility/desirability of an active stimulation condition were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy. giulio.lancioni@uniba.it
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
authors.forename: Mark F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Nirbhay N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sigafoos
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grumo
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stasolla
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Signorino
authors.forename: Jop
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Groeneweg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D012653:Self Stimulation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards