Musicoterapia na qualidade de vida em idosos institucionalizados

• Autor(a) principal: Luz, Luiza Thomé da
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/6286
• topic: MEDICINA; GERIATRIA; IDOSOS; SAÚDE DO IDOSO; ENVELHECIMENTO; DEPRESSÃO; ANSIEDADE; QUALIDADE DE VIDA; MUSICOTERAPIA; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Introduction : The elderly population is growing at a rapid pace and the number of people living in institutions of Long-term care (LTC) is increasing in a representative manner, inferring the quality of life of older people. Music therapy is the one health engaged in promotion and prevention, assisting in the treatment of disease and its comorbidities. Objective : To investigate the effect of music therapy intervention on quality of life in elderly residents in two ILPIs. We evaluated the quality of life and depressive and anxiety symptoms before and after the sessions of music therapy. A screening test was used to identify the elderly with cognitive impairment. Methods : We conducted a controlled trial, in which were allocated 48 seniors, 24 participants in the group who underwent music therapy intervention (IG) and 24 elderly control group without intervention (CG). The instruments applied for the two groups were the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). For the IG, it applied the analysis protocol of the sessions during the group calls of music therapy. Results : When comparing the groups, the intervention of Music Therapy contributed to quality of life, especially in the physical domain (p=0.006) and in reducing depression levels (p=0.046). In the control group, there was a significant worsening of cognition (p=0.015). Conclusion : The results indicate that music therapy promoted improvement in depressive symptoms and quality of life and probably reduced the likelihood of cognitive decline in institutionalized elderly.