| 2010 | Cooke et al. | A randomized crossover design | 47 (14/33) | 74 - 94 (87.2%) | 2 LTC facilities | EG: Music group CG: reading group | Agitation Anxiety | CMAI-SF* RAID* | Significant increase in the frequency of verbal aggression over time, but no overall effect of the music on agitation and anxiety |
| 2011 | Ho et al. | A single group pre and post design |
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| A hospital-based nursing home | Researcher- composed music | Agitation | CMAI | Significant decline in mean agitation scores |
| 2011 | Lin et al. | A pre and posttest control group design | 100 | 65 - 97, 82 (6.80) | 3 nursing home facilities Taiwan | EG: music intervention CG: normal daily activities | Agitation | Chinese version of CMAI | Agitation reduced significantly in the experimental group |
| 2011 | Sung et al. | QE | 55 | 81.37 (9.14) | A residential care facility Taiwan, Australia | EG: music intervention CG: usual care | Agitation Anxiety | CMAI RAID | The reduction of agitation between two groups was not significantly different |
| 2013 | Dunn & Riley-Doucet | A within-subjects, repeated-measures design | 5(2/3) | 77 - 88 (83) | An adult day care center | Non-religious music group and religious music group | Neuropsychiatric symptoms (agitation etc) | The Agitated Behavior Scale | There was no significant differences between the non-religious music and religious music on NPS |
| 2013 | Park | One group pre and posttest design | 26 | 82.19 | Own home | Individualized preferred music | Agitation | M-CMAI | Agitation decreased while listening to the music compared to the baseline |