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The effects of C hinese five‐element music therapy on nursing students with depressed mood
Author(s) -
Chen ChenJung,
Sung HueiChuan,
Lee MingShinn,
Chang ChingYuan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12236
Subject(s) - music therapy , mood , depression (economics) , medicine , nursing , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of C hinese five‐element music therapy on nursing students with depressed mood. We randomly assigned 71 nursing students from T aiwan with depressed mood to the music and control groups. The music group ( n = 31) received C hinese 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 D epression M ood S elf‐ R eport I nventory for A dolescence, 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 C hinese five‐element music therapy has the potential to reduce the level of depression in nursing students with depressed mood.