Professor Simon Coulton
Professor of Health Services Research Phone: 01227 824535
Email: S.Coulton@kent.ac.uk
A controlled evaluation of the health benefits of a participation community music programme for older people
Simon Coulton
Can singing groups for older people improve their physical and mental health compared with usual group activities? What effect does singing have on anxiety levels and depression? And could such activities prove more cost effective in terms of health care than usual group activities? A new project, evaluating the ‘silver song clubs’ is being undertaken by CHSS in collaboration with Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust and Canterbury Christ Church University under the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit scheme, with the aim of answering these questions.
Start date: 07/12/2010
Funder: East Kent Coastal Primary Care Trust
Funding: £60,677
Publication: An evaluation of community singing for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (pdf)
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