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Does music therapy reduce agitation in elderly patients with dementia?

No - systematic review best quality evidence stated that not clinically significant in the long term

Proceed with caution in clinical practice.

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|1. Small sample size – hard to implement into practice and for our population
2. Single blind study so increased risk of performance bias.
3. Short period of follow up
4. No intention to treat

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1.Confounding factors limited.

2.All participants who entered study accounted for at the end – reduces attrition bias.

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Risk of publication bias - stated in the systematic review therefore strength of review however is a general risk for systematic review
Not a reflection of paper however quality of studies overall poor therefore  hard to answer question

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| 1. Large sample size, lots of databases searched.
2. Good quality assessment of studies
3.Search study reported in various languages. Included articles in other languages than just English

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Spend some time discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the studies you had chosen

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Spend some time discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the studies you had chosen

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Does music therapy reduce agitation in elderly patients with dementia? 

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Does music therapy reduce agitation in elderly patients with dementia? 

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Question type - therapy
Highest level of evidence - Systematic Review and RCT

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Population – dementia patients

Intervention – music therapy

Comparison - no comparator

Outcome – reduced agitation

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Intervention question

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RCT & Systematic Reviews

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music therapy
dementia patients
agitation, stress

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N/A

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PubMed
Cochrane
Order or databases to search
1. PubMed
2. Cochrane

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Review the papers you find for relevance 

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Review the papers you find for relevance 

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Rank them according to level of evidence

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Rank them according to level of evidence

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23298693/

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003477.pub4/full?highlightAbstract=dementia%7Cdementi%7Cmusic%7Ctherapy%7Ctherapi

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national center for biotechnology information

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Comparing the effects of different individualized music interventions for elderly individuals with severe dementia - PubMed

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Music intervention can reduce stress in individuals with severe dementia, with interactive interventions exhibiting the strongest beneficial effects. Since interactive music intervention can restore residual cognitive and emotional function, this approach may be useful for aiding severe dementia pat ...