Table 2.
Group means and percentage of Personal Enhancers during music therapy and standard care
| Outcomes | Baseline | 3 months | 5 months | 7 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | |
| Symptom score (NPI-NH) | ||||||||
| Music therapy | 6 | 17.33 (10.78) | 6 | 10.83 (14.11) | 6 | 12.33 (11.20) | 6 | 8.67 (9.54) |
| Standard care | 7 | 17.57 (6.08) | 7 | 24.29 (8.86) | 7 | 26.57 (7.14) | 7 | 34.43 (7.37) |
| Disruptiveness score (NPI-NH) | ||||||||
| Music therapy | 6 | 2.67 (4.68) | 6 | 4.00 (5.62) | 6 | 3.00 (4.38) | 6 | 0.83 (1.33) |
| Standard care | 7 | 3.00 (3.22) | 7 | 10.71 (4.82) | 7 | 10.71 (6.02) | 7 | 13.86 (4.94) |
| Wellbeing score (DCM) | ||||||||
| Music therapy | 5 | 0.86 (0.43) | 5 | 1.72 (0.61) | 5 | 1.80 (0.59) | 5 | 1.76 (0.48) |
| Standard care | 7 | 1.44 (0.49) | 7 | 0.66 (0.61) | 7 | 0.61 (0.49) | 7 | 0.47 (0.68) |
| Personal enhancers (DCM-PE) | ||||||||
| Music therapy, % | 87.50 (17.68) | 61.90 (53.88) | 74.90 (31.82) | 71.80 (19.66) | ||||
| Standard care, % | 94.45 (7.85) | 71.90 (39.75) | 50.90 (43.70) | 72.50 (20.08) | ||||