Music Therapy as a Nonpharmacological Intervention for Anxiety in Patients with a Thought Disorder.

Music Therapy as a Nonpharmacological Intervention for Anxiety in Patients with a Thought Disorder. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017 Mar;38(3):285-288 Authors: Pavlov A, Kameg K, Cline TW, Chiapetta L, Stark S, Mitchell AM Abstract Music therapy has been identified as a non-pharmacological adjunct therapy to treat anxiety. This QI project aimed to assess the effects of music therapy on anxiety in a sample of patients hospitalized with a thought disorder. Participants were assessed pre- and post-group using a visual analog scale for anxiety. The intervention significantly reduced VAS scores from 3.1 pre-intervention to .897 immediately post-intervention (p = 0.008). This data suggests that music therapy may be beneficial in the short term for this population and is a low risk intervention that provides positive outcomes without the risks associated with medications, seclusion, and restraint. PMID: 28287863 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: Issues Ment Health Nurs Source Type: research