The Effect of Music-Based Intervention on General Cognitive and Executive Functions, and Episodic Memory in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Randomized Controlled Trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Music-based intervention has been used as first-line non-pharmacological treatment to improve cognitive function for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia in clinical practice. However, evidence regarding the effect of music-based intervention on general cognitive function as well as subdomains of cognitive functions in these individuals is scarce.

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of music-based interventions on a wide range of cognitive functions in people with MCI or dementia.

Method

We searched the effect of various music therapies using randomized controlled trials on cognitive function using several databases. Studies based on any type of dementia or MCI were combined. The effects of music-based intervention on each cognitive functi

SUBMITTER: Ito E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408548 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature