title: The effects of Chinese five-element music therapy on nursing students with depressed mood.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Jen-Teh Junior of Medicine Nursing and Management, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Jung
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Huei-Chuan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Ming-Shinn
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ching-Yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009147:Music Therapy; D057566:Self Report; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone
keywords: Chinese five-element music; adolescence; depressed mood; music therapy; nursing students