| Title |
Massage and touch for dementia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2006
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| DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd004989.pub2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Niels Viggo Hansen, Torben Jørgensen, Lisbeth Ørtenblad |
| Abstract |
Massage and touch have been suggested as a non-pharmacological alternative or supplement to other treatments offered in order to reduce or manage a range of conditions associated with dementia such as anxiety, agitated behaviour and depression. It has also been suggested that massage and touch may counteract cognitive decline. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 57% |
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 1 | 14% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 339 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| Iceland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 328 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 15% |
| Researcher | 46 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 44 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 20 | 6% |
| Other | 55 | 16% |
| Unknown | 99 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 81 | 24% |
| Psychology | 44 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 40 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 2% |
| Other | 41 | 12% |
| Unknown | 106 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 March 2022.
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#1,420,521
of 25,965,655 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#2,885
of 13,170 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,441
of 85,652 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#7
of 68 outputs
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