Effect of group music activity as an adjunctive therapy on psychotic symptoms in patients with acute schizophrenia.
The effect of group music activity as an adjunctive therapy on psychotic symptoms was evaluated in 67 patients with schizophrenia from an acute psychiatric ward of a regional hospital in south Taiwan. A pretest-posttest, two-group repeated measures design was used. The experimental group received 50-minute sessions of group musical activity five times a week for 2 weeks in addition to standard care. The severity of psychotic symptoms was assessed using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Group music activity significantly reduced the scores in total and subscales of the BPRS in patients with acute schizophrenia.
Department of Psychiatry, Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Shu-Ming
SM
Peng
Malcolm
M
Koo
Jen-Che
JC
Kuo
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult