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STAM Protocol in Dementia: A Multicenter, Single-Blind, Randomized, and Controlled Trial

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Ceccato, Enrico, Vigato, Giovanna, Bonetto, Chiara, Bevilacqua, Albina, Pizziolo, Paolo, Crociani, Susanna, Zanfretta, Emanuele, Pollini, Lorenza +6 more·2012·American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®

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BACKGROUND: The Sound Training for Attention and Memory in Dementia (STAM-Dem) is a manualized music-based protocol designed to be used in the rehabilitation of cognitive functions in elderly patients with dementia (PWD). METHOD: This was a multicenter, single-blind, randomized, and controlled trial that involved 51 PWD. The objective was to test the STAM-Dem efficacy. Patients in the experimental group followed the STAM-Dem for 2 weekly sessions of 45 minutes for 12 weeks (in addition to standard care). Those in the control group continued with the normal "standard care" provided. RESULTS: In the experimental group, the instruments immediate prose memory test (MPI), deferred prose memory test (MPD), attentional matrices, activities of daily living, Music Therapy Activity Scale (SVAM) and Geriatric Music Therapy Profile (GMP) increase significantly from pre to post-test (P < .05). CONCLUSION: The protocol is feasible and data suggest that there was an effect on attentino (matrices) and prose memory skills (MPI and MPD). The effect size reveals a general improvement in the results of the experimental group.

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Ceccato, E., Vigato, G., Bonetto, C., Bevilacqua, A., Pizziolo, P., Crociani, S., Zanfretta, E., Pollini, L., Caneva, P. A., Baldin, L., Frongillo, C., Signorini, A., Demoro, S., & Barchi, E.
Affiliations
  • Conservatorio di Verona Evaristo Felice Dall Abaco (IT)
  • Nursing Home “Domenico Cardo”, Cologna Veneta, Verona, Italy
  • University of Verona (IT)
  • Tuscan Music therapy Centre, Nursing Home “Montedomini”, Florence, Italy
  • Tuscan Music therapy Centre, “Territori Sociali Alta Val d’Elsa Foundation”, Florence, Italy
  • Nursing Home “F.S. Zerbato”, Tregnago, Verona, Italy
  • Nursing Home “Immacolata di Lourdes Foundation”, Pescantina, Verona, Italy
  • Nursing Home “San Pietro”, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Mantua, Italy
Venue
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®
Published
2012-07-19
Volume
27
Issue
5
Pages
301-310
ISSN
  • 0888-4897 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-3175
  • 1938-2731
OpenAlex
W2329788888
Cited by
72
References
52
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FWCI
6.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias® (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
music therapy, dementia, cognitive rehabilitation, attention, prose memory, activities of daily living, elderly patients, Alzheimer's disease
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Attention, Dementia, Female, Humans, Male, Memory Disorders, Music Therapy, Neuropsychological Tests, Single-Blind Method, Treatment Outcome

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