title: Benefits of music therapy on behaviour disorders in subjects diagnosed with dementia: a systematic review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dementia is characterised by cognitive deterioration and the manifestation of psychological and behavioural symptoms, especially changes in perception, thought content, mood, and conduct. In addition to drug therapy, non-pharmacological treatments are used to manage these symptoms, and one of these latter treatments is music therapy. Since this novel technique in non-verbal, it can be used to treat patients with dementia at any stage, even when cognitive deterioration is very severe. Patients' responses to music are conserved even in the most advanced stages of the disease DEVELOPMENT: A literature research was carried out using the following databases: Academic Search Complete, PubMed, Science Direct y Dialnet. The period of publication was 2003 to 2013 and the search keywords were 'Music Therapy, Dementia, Behaviour, Behaviour Disorders y Behavioural Disturbances'. Out of the 2188 studies that were identified, 11 studies met inclusion criteria for the systematic review.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music therapy is beneficial and improves behavior disorders, anxiety and agitation in subjects diagnosed with dementia.
authors.affiliation: Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gómez-Romero
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación ADolor, Departamento de Terapéutica Médico-Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Palomares
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación ADolor, Departamento de Terapéutica Médico-Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España. Electronic address: jrodman@unex.es.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Mansilla
authors.affiliation: Terapia Ocupacional, Departamento de Terapéutica Médico-Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flores-Nieto
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación ADolor, Departamento de Terapéutica Médico-Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Garrido-Ardila
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Investigación ADolor, Departamento de Terapéutica Médico-Quirúrgica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: González López-Arza
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Alteraciones conductuales; Behaviour; Behaviour disorders; Conducta; Demencia; Dementia; Music therapy; Musicoterapia