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Schizophrenia and personality disorder patients' adherence to music therapy
Niels Hannibal1, Inge Nygaard Pedersen, Trine Hestbæk
1Aalborg University, Aalborg, and Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. hannibal@hum.aau.dk/nijh@rn.dk
Background:
Music therapy is used in psychiatric treatment of severe psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, depression and personality disorder.
Aim:
To investigate adherence and predictors for adherence to music therapy treatment in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or personality disorder.
Method:
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.
Conclusion:
Patients with severe mental disorder may adhere to music therapy treatment.
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