Table 3.
Data extracted from comparable studies in affective therapy studies
| Affective therapy Mood scores | |||||||||
| Study | Number of subjects | Outcome scale | Control | Intervention | P value | ||||
| Mean baseline score (SD) | Mean follow-up score (SD) | Change in mean score | Mean baseline score (SD) | Mean follow-up score (SD) | Change in mean score | ||||
| Gustafsson et al34 | 4 | CMAI | – | – | – | 12.6 (6.3) | 13.3 (6.6) | 0.7 | 0.88* |
| Jøranson et al35 | 53 | BARS | 22 (19) | 23.3 (22) | 1.3 | 20.1 (12.8) | 13.7 (11.7) | −6.4 | 0.044† |
| Jøranson et al35 | 53 | CSDD | 18.2 (12.3) | 24.5 (17.3) | 6.3 | 23.7 (12.9) | 18.9 (16.8) | −4.8 | 0.019† |
| Petersen et al56 | 61 | CSDD | – | – | −2.1 | – | – | −7.4 | 0.001† |
| Petersen et al56 | 61 | RAID | – | – | −0.7 | – | – | −3.1 | 0.003† |
| Moyle et al37 | 18 | GDS | – | 28.7 (23.3) | – | – | 31.3 (19.3) | – | 0.72‡ |
| Thodberg et al13 | 100 | GDS | – | – | – | 13.3 (6.7; 33.3)§ | 13.3 (6.7; 23.3)§ | – | <0.05¶ |
*Study compares mean baseline score in intervention group to mean follow-up score in the intervention group.
†Study compares change in mean score from baseline to follow-up in control group to change in mean score from baseline to follow-up in intervention group.
‡Study compares mean follow-up score of control group to mean follow-up score of intervention group.
§Study compares median baseline score in intervention group to median follow-up score in the intervention group.
¶Median and IQR reported.
BARS, Brief Agitation Rating Scale; CMAI, Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory; CSDD, Cornell Scale for Symptoms of Depression in Dementia; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; RAID, Rating Anxiety in Dementia Scale.