期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2020
卷号：20
期号：2
页码：158-163
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Objective. Alzheimer's disease is currently a real health problem for the elderly, affecting the family, society and health systems. Music reflects positive outcomes in the human beings and studies have demonstrated the curative proprieties that music therapy has on cognitive system. We are proposing a melotherapy focusing on the physical activity of dementia patients. Methods. A lot of five elders, suffering from dementia, were the patients were recruited, accepting to be part of this study which supposed that the patients would listen to CDs with specially chosen music for each moment of the day, without interfering with their activities for six months. In the morning, the patients listened to classical music, in the afternoon they listened to jazz or bossa nova, and in the evening they listened to opera or religious music, according to their tastes. Results. The Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) questionnaire comprises section on leisure time activity, household activity and work-related activity. The PASE questionnaire and the Quality of life questionnaire were performed before and after the six months period of the study, showing important improvements in the patient’s results before and after. Conclusions. Among the complementary care, the Music Therapy is a non-pharmacological therapy that has shown that can improve the physical activity, that has a beneficial effect on the memory and orientation and promote social interaction and communication for patients with dementia.
关键词：dementia;melotherapy;quality of life;physical activity
