Music therapy in dementia: A narrative synthesis systematic review
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...There were no high-quality longitudinal studies that investigated how and why music might have worked (McDermott et al., 2013)....
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...This paper does not explore the effects of music on the biological aspects of the biopsychosocial model, even though the effects of music therapy on physiological changes in people with dementia have been discussed (McDermott et al., 2013)....
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...Additionally, our recent systematic review (McDermott et al., 2013) found few high-quality RCTs with people with mild or moderate dementia living in the communities have been conducted to date....
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"Music therapy in dementia: A narrat..." refers methods in this paper
...Quality assessment of the included studies Two quality assessment tools were chosen on the basis of the favourable reviews in the ‘HTA Evaluating nonrandomised interventions’ (Deeks et al., 2003) and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination’s guidance for systematic reviews (CRD, 2009)....
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...Quality assessment of the included studies Two quality assessment tools were chosen on the basis of the favourable reviews in the ‘HTA Evaluating nonrandomised interventions’ (Deeks et al., 2003) and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination’s guidance for systematic reviews (CRD, 2009)....
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...…section attempts to categorise the studies according to their aims and objectives and then ‘identify any factors that might explain differences in direction and size of effect across the studies’ (Popay et al., 2006) and ‘how and why’ the interventions might have or have not had an effect....
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...Focus of the investigations and study effects This section attempts to categorise the studies according to their aims and objectives and then ‘identify any factors that might explain differences in direction and size of effect across the studies’ (Popay et al., 2006) and ‘how and why’ the interventions might have or have not had an effect....
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...Popay et al. (2006) devised a guide ‘to make the process of NS more systematic and to minimise bias’....
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...Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) generally provide more reliable evidence in evaluating healthcare interventions (Evans, 2003)....
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...Meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) generally provide more reliable evidence in evaluating healthcare interventions (Evans, 2003)....
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