Schizophrenia and personality disorder patients' adherence to music therapy.
BACKGROUND
Music therapy is used in psychiatric treatment of severe psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, depression and personality disorder.


OBJECTIVE
To investigate adherence and predictors for adherence to music therapy treatment in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or personality disorder.


METHODS
Demographic, psychiatric and therapeutic data were collected for 27 patients receiving music therapy treatment over a 1-year observation period and a 1-year follow-up period. Predictors for adherence to music therapeutic treatment were determined by means of regression analysis.


RESULTS
Drop-out from treatment was low (11.5%) and none of the variables significantly predicted adherence. Lack of significance may be because of type 2 error.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with severe mental disorder may adhere to music therapy treatment.
Aalborg University, Aalborg, and Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. hannibal@hum.aau.dk/nijh@rn.dk
Niels
N
Hannibal
Inge Nygaard
IN
Pedersen
Trine
T
Hestbæk
Torben Egelund
TE
Sørensen
Povl
P
Munk-Jørgensen
D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*