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Cognitive and behavioural effects of music-based exercises in patients with dementia
Van de Winckel A, Feys H, De Weerdt W, Dom R.. Clinical rehabilitation, 2004-05-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Objective To evaluate the effect of a musical exercise programme on mood state and cognitive function in women with dementia. Setting Public Psychiatric Hospital Rekem, Belgium. Patients Twenty-five patients with dementia.
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Van de Winckel, A., Feys, H., De Weerdt, W., & Dom, R. (2004). Cognitive and behavioural effects of music-based exercises in patients with dementia. Clinical rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr750oa
Vancouver
Van de Winckel A, Feys H, De Weerdt W, Dom R. Cognitive and behavioural effects of music-based exercises in patients with dementia. Clinical rehabilitation. 2004. doi:10.1191/0269215504cr750oa. PMID: 15137556.
BibTeX
@article{vandewinckel2004-15137556,
author = {Van de Winckel, A. and Feys, H. and De Weerdt, W. and Dom, R.},
title = {{Cognitive and behavioural effects of music-based exercises in patients with dementia}},
journal = {Clinical rehabilitation},
year = {2004},
doi = {10.1191/0269215504cr750oa},
pmid = {15137556},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215504cr750oa}
}
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Key findings
- Setting Public Psychiatric Hospital Rekem, Belgium.
- Patients Twenty-five patients with dementia.
- Interventions Fifteen patients attended exercise training for three months, which consisted of daily physical exercises supported by music for 30 min/session.
- They were compared with a group of 10 control patients, who received an equal amount of attention through daily conversation.
Why it matters
In this small trial, 15 women with dementia did daily music-supported physical exercises for three months and were compared with 10 control patients who had daily conversation. The study looked only at mood and cognitive function during the program, so it does not show any effect on curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
Study details
- Study designrandomized controlled trial
- Evidence strengthHigh
How this study scored 61/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for sample size and effect reported because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Clinical rehabilitation) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Clinical Rehabilitation: journal h-index 160 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial |
| Strength of evidence | 5 / 5 | Rated “high” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2004 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (pubmed indexes it as a clinical or observational study) |
| Randomised / blinded | 1 / 2 | Randomised (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | 5 / 7 | Cited 257 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 3 / 5 | 10.7 citations a year over 24 year(s) since 2004 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 3.3× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 2 / 6 | Cited by 8 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 2 / 4 | Cited 20 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author René Dom: h-index 26 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 1 / 3 | KU Leuven: institution h-index 1,386 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 15137556) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 61 / 100 | — |
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