Effects of group music intervention on psychiatric symptoms and depression in patient with schizophrenia
Lu SF, Lo CH, Sung HC, Hsieh TC, Yu SC, Chang SC
Complementary therapies in medicine · 30 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Yuli Hospital
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2013-09-20 · Complement Ther Med · vol. 21 · issue 6 · pp. 682–688
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 53 citations · more than 92% of similar papers · 3.7× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 21 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Keywords
- Medicine, Depression (economics), Music therapy, Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming), Psychiatry, Intervention (counseling), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Psychosis
- MeSH
- humans, music therapy, severity of illness index, depression, schizophrenia, psychotherapy, group, adult, middle aged, female, male
6 authors
From TW
- Shiou-Fang LuTzu Chi University
- Chi‐Hui Kao LoTzu Chi University
- Huei‐Chuan SungTzu Chi College of Technology; Tzu Chi University
- Tsung‐Cheng HsiehTzu Chi University
- Shun-Chieh YuMinistry of Health and Welfare
- Shu‐Chuan Chang · correspondingTzu Chi University; Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Abstract
Objectives
To examine the effects of a group music therapy on psychiatric symptoms and depression for patient with schizophrenia in a psychiatric nursing home.
Subjects and methods
Eighty patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a music intervention group (MIG) or usual care group (UCG). Both groups received similar medical and routine care. The MIG received a 60-min group music therapy twice a week, a total of ten sessions. The UAG only received the usual care with no music therapy. Psychiatric symptoms and depression assessments were conducted using the positive and negative syndrome scale and the depression scale for schizophrenia at baseline, the posttest, and at a 3-month follow-up.
Results
Thirty-eight patients in the MIG and 42 in the UCG completed the study. After 10 sessions of group music therapy, the groups showed statistically significant differences in psychiatric symptoms (p<.05) and depression status (p<.05).
Conclusion
Group music therapy is an economical and easily implemented method of improving depression and psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia.
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