Music and emotion regulation have received scholarly attention in and outside music therapy. However, there is a paucity of studies that systematically investigated how music therapy interventions have addressed emotional needs of older persons. This systematic review summarized and synthesized intervention characteristics, outcome and outcome measures used, and assessed quality of intervention reporting of music therapy interventions targeting emotional well-being and older persons. Results indicate promising outcomes of music therapy interventions using various types of music experiences in promoting emotional needs of older persons in diverse cultural contexts. For future studies, it is recommended that researchers include more detailed intervention reporting for increased transparency and replicability of the interventions. Furthermore, more research is needed that includes various settings such as prevention, wellness, and psychosocial rehabilitation post neurological damage.

音乐和情绪调节受到了音乐治疗内外的学术关注。然而，很少有研究系统地调查音乐治疗干预如何解决老年人的情感需求。该系统评价总结并综合了干预特征、结果和使用的结果测量，并评估了针对情绪健康和老年人的音乐治疗干预的干预报告质量。结果表明，使用各种类型的音乐体验来促进老年人在不同文化背景下的情感需求的音乐治疗干预取得了可喜的成果。对于未来的研究，建议研究人员包括更详细的干预报告，以提高干预措施的透明度和可复制性。此外，