A systematic review and meta-analysis of music therapy for the older adults with depression
Zhao K, Bai ZG, Bo A, Chi I
International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 82 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Meta-analysis (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Grants
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant 81303147)
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2016-04-19 · Int J Geriatr Psychiatry · vol. 31 · issue 11 · pp. 1188–1198
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 164 citations · more than 84% of similar papers · 2.1× the field average
- References
- 57 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Mental Health via Writing · Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Keywords
- Depression (economics), Meta-analysis, Music therapy, Psychology, MEDLINE, Psychotherapist, Gerontology, Psychiatry, Medicine, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, combined modality therapy, music therapy, depressive disorder, aged, randomized controlled trials as topic
4 authors
From CN, US
- Kun ZhaoLanzhou University Second Hospital; Lanzhou University
- Zheng Gang Bai · correspondingLanzhou University
- Ai BoNew York University
- Iris ChiUniversity of Southern California
Abstract
Objectives
To determine the efficacy of music therapy in the management of depression in the elderly.
Method
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Change in depressive symptoms was measured with various scales. Standardized mean differences were calculated for each therapy-control contrast.
Results
A comprehensive search yielded 2,692 citations; 19 articles met inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis suggests that music therapy plus standard treatment has statistical significance in reducing depressive symptoms among older adults (standardized mean differences = 1.02; 95% CI = 0.87, 1.17).
Conclusions
This systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that music therapy has an effect on reducing depressive symptoms to some extent. However, high-quality trials evaluating the effects of music therapy on depression are required. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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