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Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): protocol for a two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control (2021)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., Schneider, J., Guo, B., Bath, P. M., Mcdermott, O., Haywood, L. J., & Orrell, M. (2021). Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): protocol for a two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00759-y

Background As the number of people living with dementia grows, so does the need to provide them with adequate psychosocial support. Many people with dementia live at home with family carers, who also require social and emotional support to cope wi... Read More about Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): protocol for a two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control.

Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Sousa, L., Dowson, B., McDermot, O., Schneide, J., & Fernandes, L. (2020). Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review. European Geriatric Medicine, 11(6), 929-943

Purpose: The utilization of non-pharmacological interventions is increasingly recommended in dementia care. Among them, Music-based interventions seem promising options, according with numerous positive studies conducted in long-term care institution... Read More about Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review.

What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods (2019)
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Dowson, B., McDermott, O., & Schneider, J. (2019). What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods. Maturitas, 127, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.06.001

This review considers how research into the impact of music on people with dementia has been conducted, with a focus on the means used to measure outcomes. Although there is a rapidly growing amount of research in this relatively new area, it has evo... Read More about What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods.