Dorris Jennie L, Terhorst Lauren, Raina Ketki, Neely Stephen, Hagstedt Melissa, Schaumburg Savannah, Rodakowski Juleen
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.
School of Music, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
Int J Music Health Wellbeing. 2024 Fall;2024(Dorris):1-25.
Cases of dementia are increasing rapidly; music-based interventions have shown promise to support some of the negative outcomes.
This research assesses the potential of adolescent musicians to deliver Project Unmute, a virtual, intergenerational music-based intervention for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. To assess the feasibility of the intervention, the research team calculated attendance of intervention sessions, assessed intervention preparation, and measured adherence during intervention delivery.
Eight adolescent musicians participated, ages 14-18. They attended 80/80 intervention sessions, were prepared for 32/32 mentorship sessions, and delivered 24/24 intervention ingredients.
This research suggests that adolescent musicians have the potential to administer a well-defined music-based intervention with high adherence. There is potential for future research to explore the potential for the scalable population of adolescent musicians as successful facilitators of music-based interventions for older adults with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
痴呆症病例正在迅速增加；基于音乐的干预措施已显示出有望改善一些负面结果。
本研究评估青少年音乐家实施“解除静音计划”的潜力，这是一项针对患有阿尔茨海默病和痴呆症的老年人的虚拟跨代音乐干预措施。为了评估干预措施的可行性，研究团队计算了干预课程的出席率，评估了干预准备情况，并在干预实施过程中测量了依从性。
八名年龄在14至18岁之间的青少年音乐家参与其中。他们参加了80次干预课程中的80次，为32次指导课程做好了准备，并提供了24项干预内容中的24项。
本研究表明，青少年音乐家有潜力实施定义明确且依从性高的基于音乐的干预措施。未来的研究有可能探索大量青少年音乐家作为针对患有阿尔茨海默病和痴呆症的老年人的基于音乐的干预措施的成功促进者的潜力。
