Effects of choral singing versus health education on cognitive decline and aging : a randomized controlled trial

• Main Authors: Feng, Lei, Romero-Garcia, Rafael, Suckling, John, Tan, Jasmine, Larbi, Anis, Cheah, Irwin, Wong, Glenn, Tsakok, Maurine, Lanskey, Bernard, Lim, Darius, Li, Jialiang, Yang, Joanna, Goh, Benjamin, Teck, Tristan Gwee Chen, Ho, Allan, Wang, Xiu, Yu, Jin-Tai, Zhang, Can, Tan, Crystal, Chua, Michelle, Li, Junhua, Totman, John J., Wong, Caroline, Loh, Marie, Foo, Roger, Tan, Chay Hoon, Goh, Lee Gan, Mahendran, Rathi, Kennedy, Brian K., Kua, Ee-Heok
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Choral Singing; Health Education
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146157
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine choral singing's effect on cognitive decline in aging. Older Singaporeans who were at high risk of future dementia were recruited: 47 were assigned to choral singing intervention (CSI) and 46 were assigned to health education program (HEP)....