title: Comparative analysis of two musical genres within a multisensory environmental intervention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any differences in the behavioral responses of persons with dementia while listening to nonreligious and religious music within a multisensory environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A within-subjects, repeated measures design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were exposed to both musical genres during multiple sessions over a 4-week period. Neuropsychiatric symptoms were recorded before and after the musical intervention. Behavioral responses to the music were recorded while listening to the music.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant difference was found between the numbers of neuropsychiatric behaviors observed before and after the participants listened to the nonreligious and religious music. A significant difference was found between the musical interventions as a whole and the number of agitated behaviors before and after intervention. No significant difference was found in the observed behavioral responses with the nonreligious and religious music.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music can be a useful intervention to reduce neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia.
authors.affiliation: Oakland University, School of Nursing, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. kdunn@oakland.edu
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Cheryl K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Riley-Doucet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009147:Music Therapy; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012069:Religion and Psychology