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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl) J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0460 Dementia 2017
October 16-18, 2017
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE & DEMENTIA
October 16-18, 2017 | Rome, Italy
9th International Conference on
Can musical or painting interventions reduce pain or improve mood, quality of life and cognition in
patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease?
Isabelle Rouch, Elodie Pongan, Yohana Leveque, Jean Claude Getenet, Malou Navez, Beatrice Trombert, Nicolas Auguste, Hanane el Haouari, Pierre
Krolak-Salmon, Jean-Michel Dorey, Barbara Tillmann and Bernard Laurent
Saint Etienne University Hospital, France
Among non-pharmacological therapies, musical intervention is often used for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and patients
presenting chronic pain. However, their efficacy is still under debate.
Aim: To determine the efficacy of choral singing versus painting sessions on chronic pain, mood, quality of life and cognition
in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Design: Multicenter randomized controlled trial
Methods: Fifty-nine mild AD patients were randomized to a 12-week singing (SG; N= 32) or painting group (PG; N=27).
Chronic pain, anxiety, depression, quality of life, were assessed before, after and 1 month after the sessions. Cognitive abilities
were assessed before and after interventions. The evolution of these different measures was assessed with mixed linear models.
0nly significant effects p<.05 were reported here below.
Results: Both singing and painting interventions led to significant pain reduction (Time effect: F = 9.74;p<0.0001), reduced
anxiety (Time effect: F = 10.52; p < 0.0001), improved Quality of Life (Time effect: F = 6.61;p = 0,002) and improved executive
function (F = 14.82;p < 0,0001). Depression was reduced over time in SG only (Time x Group effect: F = 3.81; p = 0.03). Verbal
Memory performance remained stable over time in SG, but decreased in PG (Time x group effect: F= 9.29;p=0.004).
Conclusion: Findings suggest that singing and painting interventions may reduce pain and improve mood, quality of life and
cognition in patients with mild AD, with differential effects of painting for depression and singing for memory performance.
Biography
Isabelle Rouch has completed her MD in Epidemiology and Public Health and her PhD in neuroepidemiology from Bordeaux medical University. She is working as
a physician in the Memory Centre of the Neurology Unit from Saint Etienne University Hospital.
Isabelle Rouch et al., J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2017, 7:6(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C1-033