La enfermedad de Alzheimer se ha convertido en una de las dolencias más prevalentes y que más preocupa en nuestra sociedad por el impacto que genera tanto en el paciente como en familiares y cuidadores. Debido en gran medida a que los tratamientos farmacológicos no son a día de hoy curativos de esta demencia, nos planteamos terapias alternativas que mejoren todos los parámetros de la enfermedad. En este sentido, se conoce la relación directa entre el estrés crónico que sufre el individuo en los últimos años de su vida, y la aparición de los primeros síntomas de la enfermedad destacando la depresión, ansiedad y tristeza. Y al pensar en los extraordinarios beneficios que tiene la música, nos planteamos valorar el impacto que tendría la musicoterapia en estos síntomas. Para ello, realizamos una intervención corta aplicando un protocolo estandarizado por nosotros. Paralelamente, realizamos cuestionarios estandarizados que miden la depresión y la ansiedad relacionadas con el estrés, y la felicidad relacionada con el bienestar, antes y después de la intervención, pudiendo valorar si hay mejoría, y si el empleo de los cuestionarios es adecuado para cuantificarla. Los resultados obtenidos muestran una gran mejora en los pacientes en relación a estos síntomas, pudiendo considerar por tanto a la musicoterapia como una herramienta terapéutica muy eficaz para disminuir el estrés de estos pacientes.

Alzheimer's disease has become one of the most prevalent and worrying diseases in our society due to the impact that it has on the patient as well as family members and caregivers. Largely due to the fact that nowadays pharmacological treatments are not curative of this dementia, we considered alternative therapies that improve all the parameters of the disease. In this respect, it is known the direct relationship between chronic stress experienced by the individual in the last years of their life and the appearance of the first symptoms of the disease, standing out depression, anxiety and sadness. Thinking about the extraordinary benefits that music has, we set out to assess the impact that music therapy would have on these symptoms. For this purpose, we carried out a brief intervention using a protocol standardized by us. At the same time, we conducted standardized questionnaires that measure depression and anxiety related to stress and happiness related to well-being, before and after the intervention, being able to assess whether there is any improvement, and if the use of questionnaires is suitable to quantify it. The results show a great improvement in patients regarding these symptoms, and therefore music therapy can be considered to be a very effective therapeutic tool to reduce the stress in these patients.

Alzheimer's disease has become one of the most prevalent and worrying diseases in our society due to the impact that it has on the patient as well as family members and caregivers. Largely due to the fact that nowadays pharmacological treatments are not curative of this dementia, we considered alternative therapies that improve all the parameters of the disease. In this respect, it is known the direct relationship between chronic stress experienced by the individual in the last years of their life and the appearance of the first symptoms of the disease, standing out depression, anxiety and sadness. Thinking about the extraordinary benefits that music has, we set out to assess the impact that music therapy would have on these symptoms. For this purpose, we carried out a brief intervention using a protocol standardized by us. At the same time, we conducted standardized questionnaires that measure depression and anxiety related to stress and happiness related to well-being, before and after the intervention, being able to assess whether there is any improvement, and if the use of questionnaires is suitable to quantify it. The results show a great improvement in patients regarding these symptoms, and therefore music therapy can be considered to be a very effective therapeutic tool to reduce the stress in these patients.