The effectiveness of music as a nursing intervention on depression in older people : A descriptive literature review
Nguyen, Thi Thu Thao (2019)
Nguyen, Thi Thu Thao
2019
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Geriatric depression is increasingly an alarming global mental health issue among older people. Alternative non-pharmacological and non-invasive interventions such as music have potential to alleviate depression in the elderly.
The purpose of this thesis was to help design effective music interventions for better quality of gerontology nursing care, and to make recommendations for future research. The aim of this thesis was a descriptive literature review, which explored the effectiveness of music intervention on depression in older people and explored the roles of nurses in implementing music intervention for the depressed elderly.
The descriptive literature review was conducted using three databases (EBSCO, PubMed and Science Direct) to search for related studies using relevant keywords such as “depression”, “music intervention”, “older people”. The search was limited to studies published from 2009 to 2019. Inclusion and exclusion criteria identified eight studies. The data from selected studies was analysed based on the principle of inductive content analysis to answer the research questions.
Four randomised controlled trials and four experimental studies were examined in the review. Mixed-results were showed. However, six out of nine studies demonstrated the efficacy of music intervention in geriatric depression by considerably reducing depression scores post-intervention. All studies proved important points of nursing roles in implementing music intervention to the depressed elderly.
Music intervention can be a viable method of decreasing depression in older people and nurses have crucial roles in implementing music intervention to older people. Further research needs to address the efficacy of different music intervention on depression in the elderly with different health conditions.
The purpose of this thesis was to help design effective music interventions for better quality of gerontology nursing care, and to make recommendations for future research. The aim of this thesis was a descriptive literature review, which explored the effectiveness of music intervention on depression in older people and explored the roles of nurses in implementing music intervention for the depressed elderly.
The descriptive literature review was conducted using three databases (EBSCO, PubMed and Science Direct) to search for related studies using relevant keywords such as “depression”, “music intervention”, “older people”. The search was limited to studies published from 2009 to 2019. Inclusion and exclusion criteria identified eight studies. The data from selected studies was analysed based on the principle of inductive content analysis to answer the research questions.
Four randomised controlled trials and four experimental studies were examined in the review. Mixed-results were showed. However, six out of nine studies demonstrated the efficacy of music intervention in geriatric depression by considerably reducing depression scores post-intervention. All studies proved important points of nursing roles in implementing music intervention to the depressed elderly.
Music intervention can be a viable method of decreasing depression in older people and nurses have crucial roles in implementing music intervention to older people. Further research needs to address the efficacy of different music intervention on depression in the elderly with different health conditions.