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Arts & Communication Music therapy and elderly people in home care

a therapeutic modality that perceives the human being Formal analysis: Yuri Pinheiro, Marina Freire, Marina Reis
holistically and works in a holistic way to achieve therapeutic Funding acquisition: Samana Vieira, Sheila Lopes
goals [18,32,37] . It is important to emphasize that the overall Investigation: Cláudia Miranda, Yuri Pinheiro, Marina Reis
work of the music therapist enables effective communication Methodology: Yuri Pinheiro, Marina Freire
within interdisciplinary teams of other home healthcare Project administration: Marina Freire, Sheila Lopes
professionals, contributing to the integration of music Supervision: Samana Vieira
therapy professionals into healthcare teams. Validation: Yuri Pinheiro, Marina Freire, Marina Reis
Writing - Original Draft: Yuri Pinheiro, Marina Freire,
5. Conclusion Marina Reis
The findings from this study suggest that music therapy, Writing - Review & Editing: Marina Freire, Cláudia
when used as a treatment for elderly patients receiving Miranda, Sheila Lopes
home health care, can aid in maintaining and improving Ethics approval and consent to participate
their overall health conditions. Further studies in this
field are essential to validate the effectiveness of music Ethical approval to conduct the study was obtained, and the
therapy as a treatment. A new randomized study is under approval is under registry CAAE 71177717.2.0000.5149
development as a continuation of this research. It will in the Plataforma Brazil research protocols system. All
incorporate assessment instruments from the medical and participants gave their informed consent to participate in
geriatric domains in addition to the methods employed this study.
in this study. It is also important to conduct experiments
comparing music therapy interventions with other Consent for publication
therapeutic practices. Furthermore, it is expected that Informed consent of all participants was obtained for
future studies will encourage the expansion of music publishing their data. Their consent is registered in the
therapy services tailored to the population receiving home Plataforma Brasil research protocols system under the
health care, as they stand to benefit from the expansion of number CAAE 71177717.2.0000.5149.
this service.
Availability of data
Acknowledgments
Data used in this work is available from the corresponding
We would like to thank Augusto Oliveira from the Federal author on reasonable request.
University of Minas Gerais for his assistance with the
Portuguese-English translation and Vanúbia and Ana References
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Conceptualization: Marina Freire, Samana Vieira https://doi.org/10.1590/s0066-782x2009001100015 (Article
Data curation: Yuri Pinheiro in Portuguese)

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