TY - JOUR 
A1 - Rubia Ortí, José Enrique de la
AU - García Pardo, María Pilar
AU - Cabañés Iranzo, Carmen
AU - Cerón Madrigal, José Joaquín
AU - Sancho Castillo, Sandra
AU - Rochina, Mariano Julián
AU - Prado Gascó, Vicente Javier
T1 - Does Music Therapy Improve Anxiety and Depression in Alzheimer's Patients?
Y1 - 2018
SN - 1075-5535

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/7331
AB - OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of a short protocol of music therapy as a tool to reduce stress and improve the emotional state in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease.

METHODS:
A sample of 25 patients with mild Alzheimer's received therapy based on the application of a music therapy session lasting 60 min. Before and after the therapy, patient saliva was collected to quantify the level of salivary cortisol using the Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) immunoassay technique and a questionnaire was completed to measure anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale).

RESULTS:
The results show that the application of this therapy lowers the level of stress and decreases significantly depression and anxiety, establishing a linear correlation between the variation of these variables and the variation of cortisol.

CONCLUSIONS:
A short protocol of music therapy can be an alternative medicine to improve emotional variables in Alzheimer patients.
KW - Alzheimer, Enfermedad de
KW - Terapéutica
KW - Terapia
KW - Música
KW - Enfermedad del sistema nervioso
KW - Enfermedad mental
LA - eng
ER -