Thesis (M.S.)--University of Chester, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-64).

"The background of this study is to determine whether there is an association between music intervention and cognitive, behavioural and psychological effect in healthy older adults, and if so, music therapy intervention can be used as first-line non-pharmacological treatment. This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials that will examined the effects of music intervention. A comprehensive and systematic literature review was performed on PubMed, PscyhInfo, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library. A total of 31 studies were found relevant to the topics; all of them had an acceptable quality based on the CASP scale score. There was positive evidence to support the use of music intervention on treatment of cognitive,behavioural and psychological function of dementia patients in elderly. The Music Therapy Checklist is useful for music therapists to monitor and evaluate the music therapeutic process. A list of different types of behaviorswere selected based on results derived from applying the Music Therapy Coding Scheme. The use of a checklist to code the events with a recording method based on 1-min. intervalsallows observation without data-processing systems and drastically reduces coding time. At the same time, the checklist tags the main factors in musical interaction."--Abstract.

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