The Effectiveness of Music Therapy on the Quality of Life and Improvement of Syndrome in Women Suffering from Dysthymia

Social Behavior Research Health Pub Date : 2019-11-10 DOI:10.18502/sbrh.v3i2.1782

Z. Rahimi, Ali Reza Bakhshayesh, M. Salehzadeh

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Background: Music therapy as a scientific approach plays an important role in the treatment of some psychopaths. Therefore, the present study aims at investigating the effectiveness of music therapy on the quality of life and improvement of syndrome in women suffering from dysthymia. Methods: The research project was quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and control group. All the women suffering from dysthymia who approached to psychological clinics of Yazd in 2018 contained the statistical population of the study. 30 of them were selected by purposive sampling method and were randomly categorized into experimental and control groups (15 persons). Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) were filled before and after intervention by people. Music therapy has been experimented on experimental group for 4 weeks and during 1 month. The findings were analyzed by SPSS-21 and covariance analysis. Results: Findings showed that the scores of subjects in the variables of life quality were significantly different from those in the variables of syndrome development and music therapy had a significant effect on quality of life and the improvement of syndrome among women in experimental group. Conclusion: As a result, participating in music therapy sessions could increase the level of life quality and syndrome improvement among women suffering from dysthymia.

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音乐治疗对女性恶劣心境障碍患者生活质量及综合征改善的影响

背景：音乐疗法作为一种科学的治疗方法，在某些精神病患者的治疗中发挥着重要作用。因此，本研究旨在调查音乐治疗对患有恶劣心境障碍的女性的生活质量和综合征改善的有效性。方法：本研究项目为准实验研究，分为前测组、后测组和对照组。2018年到亚兹德心理诊所就诊的所有患有心境恶劣的女性都包含了该研究的统计人群。其中30人采用有针对性的抽样方法，随机分为实验组和对照组（15人）。干预前后分别填写生活质量问卷（WHOQOL-BREF）和贝克抑郁量表（BDI-II）。实验组采用音乐疗法进行为期4周、为期1个月的实验。采用SPSS-21软件和协方差分析对结果进行分析。结果：实验组受试者在生活质量变量和综合征发展变量中的得分有显著差异，音乐治疗对女性生活质量和综合征改善有显著影响。结论：因此，参加音乐治疗可以提高女性心境恶劣患者的生活质量和综合征改善水平。

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