Is in‐home saliva collection of cortisol and DHEA‐S effective to measure stress in dementia care dyads?: A comparison between music‐based intervention group and comparison group

Despite the fact that music provides a wide array of benefits for dementia care dyads (persons with dementia and family caregivers), the increased attention to music for stress reduction in dementia care dyads has sparked questions about whether and how to effectively measure changes in stress throughout the interventions. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of collecting salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA‐S) as stress biomarkers to assess the short‐term effects of music among dementia care dyads living at home.