The aim of this pilot, feasibility study was to assess health improvements in 16 institutionalized older people with Alzheimer's disease, after the Biodanza intervention, a nonpharmacological dance movement-based treatment. Biodanza significantly decreased agitated and neuropsychiatric behaviors. Effectiveness studies will be performed in order to assess the implication of such interventions.
Biodanza as a Nonpharmacological Dance Movement-Based Treatment in Older People With Alzheimer's Disease: An Italian Pilot Study in 2 Tuscan Nursing Homes / Chiesi, Fabrizio; Gori, Eleonora; Collini, Francesca; Palfrader, Angelo; Galli, Roberto; Guazzini, Andrea; Collodi, Stefania; Lorini, Chiara; Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo. - In: HOLISTIC NURSING PRACTICE. - ISSN 0887-9311. - STAMPA. - 35:(2021), pp. 264-272-272. [10.1097/HNP.0000000000000470]
Biodanza as a Nonpharmacological Dance Movement-Based Treatment in Older People With Alzheimer's Disease: An Italian Pilot Study in 2 Tuscan Nursing Homes
Chiesi, Fabrizio;Gori, Eleonora;Galli, Roberto;Guazzini, Andrea;Collodi, Stefania;Lorini, Chiara;Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo
2021
Abstract
The aim of this pilot, feasibility study was to assess health improvements in 16 institutionalized older people with Alzheimer's disease, after the Biodanza intervention, a nonpharmacological dance movement-based treatment. Biodanza significantly decreased agitated and neuropsychiatric behaviors. Effectiveness studies will be performed in order to assess the implication of such interventions.
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