title: Music therapy in patients with dementia and behavioral disturbance on an inpatient psychiatry unit: results from a pilot randomized controlled study.
abstract: The prevalence of dementia continues to grow worldwide due to an aging population and is projected to affect 65.7 million people by 2030 (World Health Organization, 2012). Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), including agitation, anxiety, aggression, depression, and psychosis, can occur in as much as 80% of the affected population, frequently necessitating psychiatric admission. Traditionally BPSD have been treated using pharmacological approaches. However, such medications could have serious adverse effects and additionally have limited efficacy in reducing such symptoms (Ballard et al., 2009).
authors.affiliation: University of Windsor,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thornley
authors.affiliation: Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry,Western University,London,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirjee
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatric Psychiatry,Department of Psychiatry,Western University,London,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Akshya
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-4598
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vasudev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000628:therapy*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome