Author: Chen CJ1, Sung HC, Lee MS, Chang CY.
Affiliation: 1Department of Nursing, Jen-Teh Junior of Medicine Nursing and Management, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Conference/Journal: Int J Nurs Pract.
Date published: 2014 Mar 4
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Special Notes: doi: 10.1111/ijn.12236 , Word Count: 172
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Chinese five-element music therapy on nursing students with depressed mood. We randomly assigned 71 nursing students from Taiwan with depressed mood to the music and control groups. The music group (n = 31) received Chinese five-element music therapy, whereas the participants in the control group (n = 40) maintained their routine lifestyles with no music therapy. All of the participants were assessed using the Depression Mood Self-Report Inventory for Adolescence, and their salivary cortisol levels were measured. The study found that there was a significant reduction in depression between the pre- and posttherapy test scores and in salivary cortisol levels over time in the music group. After receiving the music therapy, the nursing students' depression levels were significantly reduced (P = 0.038) compared with the control group (P < 0.001). These results indicate that the Chinese five-element music therapy has the potential to reduce the level of depression in nursing students with depressed mood.
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KEYWORDS:
Chinese five-element music, adolescence, depressed mood, music therapy, nursing students
PMID: 24593291