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Favorite music and hand massage

Two interventions to decrease agitation in residents with dementia

Sandee L. Hicks-Moore

University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada, shicks{at}unbsj.ca

Bryn A. Robinson

University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada, bryn.robinson{at}unb.ca

Agitation in individuals with dementia living in the nursing home environment affects care and quality of life. Relaxation techniques such as music and massage are showing promise to decrease agitation and improve quality of life in individuals with dementia. Using an experimental 3 x 3 repeated measures design, 41 residents with mild to moderate dementia participated in a study to test the effectiveness of favorite music (FM) and hand massage (HM) in reducing agitated behaviors. Agitated residents were randomly assigned to either the treatment or control groups. Residents in the treatment group received each of three treatments, HM, FM, and HMFM, with each treatment lasting 10 minutes. Residents in the control group received no treatment. Agitation was measured using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) at three different intervals. The results suggest that FM and HM individually and combined are effective in significantly decreasing agitation immediately following the intervention and also one hour post intervention.

Key Words: agitated behaviour • Alzheimer's disease • complementary therapies

Dementia, Vol. 7, No. 1, 95-108 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207085369
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