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Lindsay Grainger

 

Lindsay Grainger

University of South Carolina Upstate

Abstract Title:Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) is a prevalent, costly, and complicated disease

Biography: Lindsay Grainger, DNP, RN, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her research interests include end-of-life care, music therapy, healthcare cost reduction strategies, and refugee health. Dr. Grainger has a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Central Arkansas. Dr. Grainger speaks French and English and has lived abroad in France, China, and Chile. Dr. Grainger’s nursing career has included work in transplant nursing, general surgery, public health, health coaching, and nursing education.

Research Interest: Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRD) is a prevalent, costly, and complicated disease. With over 6 million Americans affected and the cost of treatment soaring to over $320 billion dollars annually, there is a growing need for low-cost interventions to treat symptoms. Routinely listening to personalized music selections has been shown to reduce agitation—the most common symptom of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact on agitation of providing a personalized music listening (PML) intervention of thirty minutes to 10 nursing home residents with dementia (n=10). Thirty-minute PML sessions occurred multiple times a week over six weeks. The inclusion criteria were English-speaking nursing home residents over age 65 with ADRD. The Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) was administered every two weeks throughout the study. The objective of the study was to reduce symptoms of agitation as indicated by the CMAI scores of participants. Results from a one-way repeated measures ANOVA highlighted significant improvement in agitation as measured by participant CMAI score from pre-intervention to post-intervention. Using a Greenhouse-Geisser correction, the CMAI reduction was found to be statistically significant at different time points of the study at F (1.487, 13.886) = 4.63, p = .044. These results suggest that short-term, personalized music listening can be an effective and low-cost means for improving dementia-related agitation. Keywords: personalized music, agitation, dementia