A preliminary psychometric evaluation of the interpersonal communication competence scale for aquired brain injury.

Primary Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of two adapted versions of the interpersonal communication competence scale (ICCS) that were applied to people with acquired brain injury (ABI). Construct validity was tested for both new scales and a factor extraction was performed on the proxy-rating version aiming to establish if it revealed meaningful constructs.

Methods: ICCS was translated from English to Danish language, pilot tested and slightly modified for use as a self-rating scale with people with ABI.

Individual music therapy for agitation in dementia: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Agitation in nursing home residents with dementia leads to increase in psychotropic medication, decrease in quality of life, and to patient distress and caregiver burden. Music therapy has previously been found effective in treatment of agitation in dementia care but studies have been methodologically insufficient. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of individual music therapy on agitation in persons with moderate/severe dementia living in nursing homes, and to explore its effect on psychotropic medication and quality of life.