Group singing and health-related quality of life in Parkinson's disease.
Romane V AbellAmee D BairdKerry A ChalmersPublished in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2016)
The results suggest that group singing improved HRQoL with all participants reporting positive effects regardless of PD stage or symptom severity. Weekly engagement in group singing resulted in multiple benefits for the participants and counteracted some of the negative effects of PD. These findings suggest that group singing "gives back" some of what PD "takes away." (PsycINFO Database Record
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