Does Music Therapy Improve Anxiety and Depression in Alzheimer's Patients?

作者：de la Rubia Orti Jose Enrique; Pilar Garcia Pardo Maria; Cabanes Iranzo Carmen; Ceron Madrigal Jose Joaquin; Sancho Castillo Sandra; Julian Rochina Mariano; Prado Gasco Vicente Javier

来源：Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2018, 24(1): 33-36.

DOI：10.1089/acm.2016.0346

• Alzheimer's
• music therapy
• cortisol
• depression
• anxiety

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 60min. 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.

• 出版日期2018-1