Table 1.
Baseline evaluation
| Features at baseline | Music therapy group (n = 9) | Standard care group (n = 8) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | |
| Global deterioration scale | 9 | 5.89 (1.05) | 8 | 5.50 (1.31) |
| Symptom score (NPI-NH) | 9 | 14.33 (9.85) | 8 | 15.63 (7.87) |
| Wellbeing score (DCM) | 8 | 0.85 (0.52) | 8 | 1.54 (0.53) |
| Age | 9 | 84.56 (6.64) | 8 | 82.50 (13.04) |
| Female gender, % | 8 | 89 % | 8 | 100 % |
| Months lived at care home | 9 | 20.33 (10.58) | 8 | 19.75 (20.14) |
| Medication, % | ||||
| Antipsychotic medication | 1 | 11 % | 0 | 0 % |
| Antidepressant medication | 3 | 33 % | 4 | 50 % |
| Antidementia medication | 3 | 33 % | 3 | 38 % |
| Diagnosis, % | ||||
| Alzheimer’s | 4 | 44 % | 3 | 38 % |
| Vascular | 2 | 22 % | 0 | 0 % |
| Frontal lobe | 2 | 22 % | 0 | 0 % |
| Lewy Body | 1 | 11 % | 1 | 13 % |
| Mixed | 0 | 0 % | 1 | 13 % |
| Unspecified | 0 | 0 % | 3 | 38 % |
| Staff age | 6 | 38.17 (17.11) | 3 | 38.00 (11.53) |
| Staff length of employment | 6 | 32.33 (28.90) | 3 | 23.33 (28.31) |
| Staff female gender, % | 5 | 83 % | 2 | 67 % |
| Personal enhancers (DCM)a, % | 87.50 % (17.68) | 94.45 % (7.85)) | ||
| Occupational disruptiveness (NPI-NH) | 6 | 2.67 (1.61) | 7 | 3.00 (1.49) |
athe percentage of personal enhancers is calculated using the following formula:
((Personally enhancing interactions + 2(Highly personally enhancing interactions)) / (2(Highly personally detracting interactions) + Personally detracting interactions + Personally enhancing interactions + 2(Personally enhancing interactions))) * 100