Effects of music therapy on anxiety: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

L, Gao; Jia, Ruiying; Liang, Dandan; Yu, Jingfen; Wu, Zhiyong; Chen, Chaoran

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114137

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“…For music selection, music with a strong sense of rhythm is chosen during active music therapy, while music is selected mainly based on personal preference during passive music therapy. Music selection and treatment plan design tend to be diverse, according to the degree of disease, the patient's age, gender, and cultural background [ 22 – 24 ].…”

Section: Music Therapy and Beneficial Effect On Neurological Diseasementioning

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Potential Benefits of Music Therapy on Stroke Rehabilitation

Shen

et al. 2022

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

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Stroke is associated with a high rate of disability and mortality, and survivors are usually accompanied with dysphagia, aphasia, motor dysfunction, cognitive impairment, depression, and other complications. In the past decades, many studies have been conducted to reveal the pathogenesis and pathological mechanisms of stroke. Furthermore, treatment methods have been developed that contribute to the elevated survival rate of stroke patients. Early rehabilitation poststroke is starting to be recognized as important and has been receiving increasing attention in order to further improve the quality of life of the patients. As an emerging method of poststroke rehabilitation, music therapy can help attenuate dysphagia and aphasia, improve cognition and motor function, alleviate negative moods, and accelerate neurological recovery in stroke patients. This review helps summarize the recent progress that has been made using music therapy in stroke rehabilitation and is aimed at providing clinical evidence for the treatment of stroke patients.

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Section: Music Therapy and Beneficial Effect On Neurological Diseasementioning

confidence: 99%

Potential Benefits of Music Therapy on Stroke Rehabilitation

Shen

et al. 2022

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

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“…As a team, we need to consider whether we proceed with a systematic review of young people, arts engagement and mental health, as outlined in our current protocol; or whether we explore alternative models of reflecting on what can be learned from the existing body of evidence and practice. To assist us in addressing options, we will repeat the exercise described in this paper focusing on widely cited research on music therapy for children experiencing anxiety issues ( Goldbeck and Ellerkamp, 2012 ), and the treatment of this research in no fewer than three recent meta-analyses ( Geipel et al, 2018 ; Bear et al, 2020 ; Lu et al, 2021 ).…”

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The Need for Robust Critique of Arts and Health Research: Young People, Art Therapy and Mental Health

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We describe work in progress to conduct a systematic review of research on effects of arts-based programs for mental health in young people. We are at the stage of searching for relevant studies through major databases and screening extant systematic reviews for additional research which meet our inclusion criteria. At this stage, however, concerns have arisen regarding both the quality of existing primary studies and of recently published systematic reviews in this area of arts and health. As a case in point, in this paper we focus on one research report on art therapy with adolescent girls and its inclusion in three systematic reviews. We demonstrate that the reviews fail to undertake a robust critique of the Bazargan and Pakdaman paper and that the paper and reviews are flawed. Drawing on recent criticisms of systematic reviewing, we consider the value of proceeding with our systematic review as initially planned.

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“…Among these, a first meta-analysis showed a mean effect size (differences in standardised means, SMD=0.58) in favour of musical interventions to manage pain 14. A second meta-analysis examined the effects of music on anxiety and showed a significant decrease in self-reported anxiety in nonclinical populations (k=19) (d=−0.30),15 and in clinical population (k=32) (SMD=−0.36) 16. Another meta-analysis (k=11) in PC patients reported the effect of music therapy in reducing pain, (k=6) (SMD=−0.44) and anxiety (k=3) (SMD=−0.68) 17.…”

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Hypnosis and music interventions for anxiety, pain, sleep and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Pinard

et al. 2022

BMJ Support Palliat Care

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BackgroundMaintaining quality of life is a primary goal of palliative care (PC). Complementary interventions can help meet the needs of patients at the end of life.ObjectivesThis meta-analysis aims to (1) evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of music and hypnosis interventions designed for patients in PC and (2) evaluate the impact of these interventions on pain, anxiety, sleep and well-being.MethodsRelevant studies were sourced from major databases. We selected both randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and studies relying on pre–post design with details of the intervention(s).ResultsFour RCT and seven non-randomised pre–post studies met the inclusion criteria. Overall, the feasibility and acceptability of the interventions reached an adequate level of satisfaction. However, only three studies reported using a written protocol. The meta-analysis of RCT indicated a significant decrease in pain with an effect size of −0.42, p=0.003. The small number of RCT studies did not allow us to quantify the effects for other variables. Analyses of data from pre–post designs indicated a favourable outcome for pain, anxiety, sleep and well-being.ConclusionDespite the limited number of studies included in our meta-analysis, hypnosis and music intervention in the context of PC shows promising results in terms of feasibility and acceptability, as well as improvements on pain, anxiety, sleep and well-being. The available studies are insufficient to compare the efficacy across interventions and assess the potential benefits of their combinations. These results underscore the importance of further research on well-described complementary interventions relying on hypnosis and music.PROSPERO registration numberCRD-42021236610.

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Effects of music therapy on anxiety: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Cited by 39 publications

References 61 publications

Potential Benefits of Music Therapy on Stroke Rehabilitation

Potential Benefits of Music Therapy on Stroke Rehabilitation

The Need for Robust Critique of Arts and Health Research: Young People, Art Therapy and Mental Health

Hypnosis and music interventions for anxiety, pain, sleep and well-being in palliative care: systematic review and meta-analysis

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