The aim of this randomized controlled study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of music therapy (MT) on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in patients with dementia in an acute psychiatric inpatient setting. Participants were patients over the age of 50 years with an ICD-10 diagnosis of dementia admitted to an acute inpatient psychiatric unit within a large academic hospital in Ontario, Canada. The results seem to contradict current evidence showing the benefit of MT for those with BPSD in nursing home settings. The lack of benefit of MT in this study could be related to the more severely affected sample. Participants were probably unable to meaningfully engage in the intervention.
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