Objectives
To assess the effects of active music therapy (MT) and individualized listening to music (LtM) on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSDs) in persons with dementia (PWDs).
...Design
Randomized controlled trial.
Setting
Nine Italian institutions.
Participants
Persons with moderate to severe dementia and BPSDs (N = 120) were randomized to one of three treatments.
Interventions
All groups received standard care (SC), and two groups attended 20 individualized MT or LtM sessions, twice a week, in addition to SC.
Measurements
The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD), and Cornell‐Brown Scale for Quality of Life in Dementia (CBS‐QoL) were administered before treatment, after treatment, and at follow‐up to evaluate behavioral and psychological outcomes. A specific coding scheme (Music Therapy Check List—Dementia) was used to evaluate the MT process.
Results
Behavioral assessment did not show significant differences between groups. All groups showed a reduction over time in NPI global score (P ≤ .001), CSDD (P = .001), and CBS‐QoL (P = .01). The NPI global score fell 28% in the MT group, 12% in the LtM group, and 21% in the SC group at the end of treatment. An exploratory post hoc analysis showed similar within‐group improvements for the NPI Delusion, Anxiety, and Disinhibition subscales. In the MT group, communication and relationships between the music therapists and PWDs showed a positive albeit nonsignificant trend during treatment.
Conclusion
The addition of MT or LtM to standard care did not have a significant effect on BPSDs in PWDs. Further studies on the effects of the integration of standard care with different types of music interventions on BPSD in PWD are warranted.
The paper aims at investigating and comparing the observers' aesthetic experience and their bodily sensations in two different settings: when only listening to music and when watching dance ...choreographed to that particular music. The study included 209 students, non-dancers and non-musicians, aged between 17 and 27 (M = 19.39, SD = 1.37, 70.3% women) from Novi Sad Business School. The stimuli consisted of six audio-visual recordings of original dance performances including three contemporary and three hip hop pieces. The stimuli were presented in two different settings: in the first one, the participants only listened to the audio recordings of the music, while in the second they watched the audio-visual recordings of the choreographies made for that particular music. Each piece was assessed on two scales, one measuring the structure of aesthetic experience on three dimensions (Dynamism, Affective Evaluation and Exceptionality), and the other measuring the structure of bodily sensations (Focus, Excitement and Embodied Anticipation). The results show that the setting (music only/dance to music) had a statistically significant effect on students' assessments of their aesthetic experience and bodily sensations. Participants' assessments of the dimensions of Affective Evaluation, Exceptionality and Focus were significantly higher when they watched dance choreographies made to the music which they had previously only listened to. Based on these results, it is concluded that the higher the participants' assessment of the delicacy, elegance and their attention to dance movements, the higher their engagement with the piece.
This paper examines Finnish language teachers' beliefs and practices related to singing, listening to songs, and reciting poems as teaching techniques, and whether their teaching practices are ...congruent with their beliefs. Teachers viewed all three techniques as highly beneficial for language learning. Singing and reciting poems were considered most suitable for teaching pronunciation; listening to songs was considered most suitable for introducing topics. For teachers who reported using particular techniques, their practice was supported by their beliefs. However, overall, reported teaching practices did not completely align with teachers' stated beliefs. These findings have implications for teacher training and future research.
•Singing, listening to songs and reciting poems are seen as useful teaching techniques.•Singing and poems are considered the most suitable for teaching pronunciation.•Listening to songs is considered the most suitable technique for introducing a topic.•While teachers believe these practices are beneficial, many report not using them.•For teachers who use these techniques, practice is mainly supported by their beliefs.
The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of listening to music and foot reflexology during the perioperative period on nausea, pain and anxiety in children aged 7–12 years.
The sample ...for the randomized controlled experimental study included children who underwent outpatient surgery in the Pediatric Surgery Clinic. Research data were collected. A total of 99 children were included in the study with 33 in the music group, 33 in the foot reflexology group, and 33 in the control group.
In the preoperative and postoperative periods, Children's Perioperative Multidimensional Anxiety Scale (CPMAS) scores for the music listening and reflexology groups were significantly lower than the control group (p < 0.05). In the postoperative period, the Children's Emotional Manifestation Scale (CEMS) scores for the reflexology and music listening groups after the application were significantly lower than the control group (p < 0.001). Postoperative Baxter Retching Faces (BARF) scores were found to be significantly lower in children who listened to music compared to the control group (p = 0.002). The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale (CHEOPS) scores for children in the control group were found to be significantly higher in the postoperative period than for children in the music and reflexology groups (p < 0.001).
As a result, listening to music and reflexology during the perioperative period were effective in reducing anxiety, pain and nausea in children.
In the perioperative period, listening to music and reflexology for children can be recommended as non-pharmacological nursing interventions with low cost and easy implementation.
•Nausea, pain and anxiety, which have a high incidence in the perioperative period, are important clinical problems that have negative effects on children.•In this study, music listening and reflexology were effective in reducing anxiety, pain and nausea in children in the perioperative period.•In the perioperative period, music listening and reflexology can be recommended as low-cost and easily applicable non-pharmacologic nursing interventions for children.
•Many pedestrians use mobile phones while crossing the street.•Pedestrians use mobile phones more often in the centre than in suburban area.•Pedestrians use mobile phones more frequently on workdays ...than on weekend.•The pedestrians who use mobile phones behave less safely.•Talking on mobile phone has the greatest influence on pedestrians’ behaviour.
With the rapid rise of the use of mobile phones worldwide, the traffic safety experts have considered effects of mobile phone use on pedestrian crossing behaviour. This study sought to find out how the use of mobile phones (talking, texting and listening to music) affects the behaviour of pedestrians while they are crossing the street. Using field observation the data have been collected concerning the demographic characteristics and behaviour of the pedestrians from the target group (the pedestrians who use mobile phones) and from the demographic-matched and time-matched control group (the pedestrians who did not use mobile phones). For predicting the unsafe types of behaviour the logistic regression models were constructed and it included the next predictor variables: gender, age, number of accompanying pedestrians, the manner of using mobile phones and location of intersection. The results of the research have shown that the pedestrians who use mobile phones while crossing the street behave less safely than the pedestrians who do not use mobile phones and that their safety depends on the way they use mobile phones. Mobile phone talking has the greatest effect on the unsafe behaviour of pedestrians; texting/viewing content on mobile phone also influences the pedestrians’ behaviour though less than speaking, while listening to music has the smallest impact.
An opera is a complex, multidisciplinary, stage music genre that primary school pupils in the 8th grade aurally and visually recognize, differentiate, describe, and compare as part of the primary ...school subject Music Culture. The paper presents the contribution of the preparation and performance of an opera on the case study of Ivan Josip Skender's Šuma Striborova (The Stribor's Forest), an opera for adults and children (to the libretto by Ozren Prohić, based on the fairy tale of the same name written by Ivana Brlić Mažuranić) performed by the pupils of the Bartul Kašić Primary School in Zadar, in July 2023. It is an innovative and unique project in Croatia designed to bring opera closer to young people. The paper presents the Curriculum for the subject of Music for both primary and high schools in the Republic of Croatia, where the case study analysis methodology presents the outcomes within three domains: A – Listening and getting to know music, B – Expressing yourself through music and with music, and C – Music in context, which are realized by participating in the performance of an opera. Furthermore, there are also tasks (material, functional, and educational) that are realized through musical activities such as opera production. The contribution of this work is the possibility and presentation of the pupils’ performance of the ballet and puppet show the Šuma Striborova opera through active listening. During such a performance, the recipients are also active, while the audience reacts to the music and action. Through active listening, one is brought up aesthetically and grows both personally and culturally.
This study aimed to assess the effect of listening to music on postoperative cognitive function in older adults after hip or knee surgery.
This work was a randomized controlled study that involved an ...intervention group and control group.
Study data were recollected by using a patient information form, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and NEECHAM Confusion Scale. Music was played three times a day to the participants in the intervention group for 3 days postoperatively.
The mean MMSE and NEECHAM scores of the intervention and control groups were compared. No statistically significant difference was found in the mean MMSE (P > .05) between the two groups. A statistically significant difference in the mean NEECHAM Confusion Scale score was observed between the groups (P < .001).
This study demonstrated that listening to music was important in preventing postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients who underwent hip or knee arthroplasty.
Exploring music listening patterns: an online survey Szyca, Barbara; Wejda, Bartosz; Muchewicz, Marta ...
International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications,
01/2024, Volume:
70, Issue:
2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
An online survey was carried out to explore how respondents listen to music recordings. It was anticipated that the listener’s preferences would be influenced by various factors, such as age, music ...genre, the contexts in which they listen, and their favored methods of music consumption. Consequently, the data were collected to analyze these relationships. The survey, structured as a web application, encompassed 23 questions, with seven specifically aimed at defining the respondents and the remainder contributing to the dataset for analysis. The results reveal a prevailing preference for listening to music via streaming platforms. Respondents predominantly engage in passive listening, where music becomes a background presence without commanding their focused attention. Moreover, the data also highlight a noteworthy correlation between preferred music genres and the age of the listeners.
This article is devoted to the first conservatory creation of the Muslim East, which was opened in the city of Baku on August 26, 1921. In itself, this remarkable fact testifies to the difficulties ...that arose on the way to creating this Higher Musical Educational Institution in Baku. The article consistently highlights the most important facts related to the opening and activities of the conservatory. It is important to emphasize that despite all the difficulties that arise along the way, Uz. Hajibeyli and his associates persistently went to their cherished dream – the creation of the first conservatory in Baku. The purpose of the research is to identify the conditions in which the first conservatory of the Muslim East was created. Uz. Hajibeyli took years of consistent work to create that strong foundation on which the building of the conservatory was erected, now BMA named after. Uz. Hajibeyli. Note that August 26, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the first conservatory in Azerbaijan founding. The research methodology is based on genuine historical facts with which the activities of Uzeyir Hajibeyli were associated in the process of creating the conservatory. The scientific novelty of the research is associated with some facts of Uz. Hajibeyli’s life, which were not mentioned at all in Soviet times. All these facts, one way or another, come out of the time of the existence of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The ADR national anthem was written by Uz. Hajibeyli. It is also the anthem of modern Azerbaijan. Conclusions. The approaching centenary anniversary of the first conservatory in Azerbaijan allows not only to evaluate the path it has travelled but also to pay tribute to its creator, Uzeyirbek Hajibeyli, the founder of Azerbaijani professional music, a great visionary who consistently leads Azerbaijani music along the path of progress and conquest of heights in composing, performing and educational processes in the republic.
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