Table 2.
Survey respondents’ use of music and technology (n=77).
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Persons living with dementia, n/N (%) | Caregivers, n/N (%) | ||
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Respondents answering for themselves | Respondents answering for the person they care for | Respondents answering for themselves | |
| Current use of music | ||||
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Never | 1/13 (8) | 8/63 (13) | 4/63 (6) |
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Rarely | 0/13 (0) | 10/63 (16) | 7/63 (11) |
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Sometimes | 3/13 (23) | 12/63 (19) | 5/63 (8) |
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Often | 3/13 (23) | 12/63 (19) | 19/63 (30) |
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Very often | 6/13 (46) | 21/63 (33) | 28/63 (44) |
| Music was important in the past | ||||
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Not at all | 2/13 (15) | 4/61 (7) | 5/63 (8) |
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Somewhat | 4/13 (31) | 20/61 (33) | 20/63 (32) |
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Definitely | 7/13 (54) | 32/61 (52) | 38/63 (60) |
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Don’t know | 0/13 (0) | 5/61 (8) | 0/63 (0) |
| How they currently listen to music | ||||
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CDs | 2/12 (17) | 21/53 (40) | 27/57 (47) |
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Radio | 5/12 (42) | 16/53 (30) | 23/57 (40) |
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Music streaming services (eg, Spotify) | 5/12 (42) | 10/53 (19) | 20/57 (35) |
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Video streaming services (eg, YouTube) | 5/12 (42) | 6/53 (11) | 19/57 (33) |
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Digital music library (eg, iTunes library) | 1/12 (8) | 9/53 (17) | 13/57 (23) |
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Television | 2/12 (17) | 4/53 (8) | 4/57 (7) |
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Wireless speaker system | 0/12 (0) | 2/53 (4) | 4/57 (7) |
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Vinyl records | 1/12 (8) | 4/53 (8) | 2/57 (4) |
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Cassettes | 1/12 (8) | 2/53 (4) | 0/57 (0) |
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Sound therapy app | 1/12 (8) | 0/53 (0) | 0/57 (0) |
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Dementia-specific music player | 0/12 (0) | 1/53 (2) | 0/57 (0) |
| Own a smartphone currently | 11/13 (85) | —a | 60/64 (94) | |
| Own a tablet device currently | 9/13 (69) | — | 47/64 (73) | |
| Experienced in the use of smartphone appsb | 7/12 (58) | — | 52/64 (81) | |
| Experienced in the use of music appsb | 5/12 (42) | — | 36/64 (56) | |
| Experienced in the use of dementia appsb | 2/12 (17) | — | 9/63 (14) | |
| Experienced in the use of sound devicesb | 6/12 (50) | — | 32/62 (52) | |
| “Very” open to using a mobile app (or a new app) as part of daily activitiesc | 8/13 (62) | — | 39/63 (62) | |
| Ways in which a music-based smartphone app might be able to support daily activities | ||||
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For calming and relaxation | 5/12 (42) | — | 11/57 (19) |
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For entertainment, enrichment, and reminiscence | 3/12 (25) | — | 7/57 (12) |
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To improve or maintain mood | 0/12 (0) | — | 3/57 (5) |
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Multiple uses | 1/12 (8) | — | 2/57 (4) |
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General benefits | 0/12 (0) | — | 6/57 (11) |
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New apps must be different from other music streaming services to be useful | 1/12 (8) | — | 14/57 (25) |
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Not sure or none | 2/12 (17) | — | 14/57 (25) |
aNot applicable.
bThe answer options for this question were no experience, some experience, quite experienced, very experienced, and expert user; for this table, we considered experienced users to be those who reported the last 3 options.
cRespondents answered the question “How open would you be to using a mobile app (or new app) as part of your daily activities?” with not open to the idea at all, a little open to the idea, very open to the idea, or undecided.