{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15"],"submitter":["Sara Santini"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>The SOUND method offers an innovative blended intervention based on music circle-activities and cognitive stimulation approaches which was co-designed by musicians, health professionals, older people with dementia, family caregivers and researchers, for its application in dementia settings. The purpose of the paper is to describe the detailed procedure of the quasi-experimental pilot study.<h4>Method</h4>The experimental phase of SOUND uses a mixed-method design encompassing qualitative and quantitative observations, cognitive testing, self-report and interviewer-assisted questionnaires to investigate the effectiveness of the intervention for 45 people with dementia and 45 professionals (15 in every study country: Italy, Portugal, Romania).<h4>Results</h4>The pilot study wi"],"journal":["Frontiers in psychology"],"pagination":["1327272"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10901113"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A quasi-experimental mixed-method pilot study to check the efficacy of the \"SOUND\" active and passive music-based intervention on mental wellbeing and residual cognition of older people with dementia and dementia professionals' burnout: a research protocol."],"pmcid":["PMC10901113"],"pubmed_authors":["Napradean L","Azevedo MJ","Merizzi A","Sara Santini","Quattrini S","Caciula I","Hera A","Di Rosa M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A quasi-experimental mixed-method pilot study to check the efficacy of the \"SOUND\" active and passive music-based intervention on mental wellbeing and residual cognition of older people with dementia and dementia professionals' burnout: a research protocol.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>The SOUND method offers an innovative blended intervention based on music circle-activities and cognitive stimulation approaches which was co-designed by musicians, health professionals, older people with dementia, family caregivers and researchers, for its application in dementia settings. The purpose of the paper is to describe the detailed procedure of the quasi-experimental pilot study.<h4>Method</h4>The experimental phase of SOUND uses a mixed-method design encompassing qualitative and quantitative observations, cognitive testing, self-report and interviewer-assisted questionnaires to investigate the effectiveness of the intervention for 45 people with dementia and 45 professionals (15 in every study country: Italy, Portugal, Romania).<h4>Results</h4>The pilot study wi","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024","modification":"2026-06-28T03:08:31.271Z","creation":"2025-04-05T21:49:02.976Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10901113","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38420177"],"doi":["10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1327272"]}}