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Assessing the Effects of Music Listening on Psychobiological Stress in Daily Life
Published on: February 2, 2017
Effect of music therapy on stress in chemically dependent people: a quasi-experimental study
Gunnar Glauco De Cunto Taets1, Rafael Tavares Jomar2, Angela Maria Mendes Abreu3
1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Fundamentos do Cuidado de Enfermagem, Macaé, RJ, Brazil.
Objective:
to evaluate the effect of music therapy on the stress of chemically dependent people.
Method:
quasi-experimental study conducted at a philanthropic institution with 18 chemically dependent people undergoing treatment. Salivary cortisol (stress hormone) was collected in three moments: before, 60 minutes after, and 120 minutes after a music therapy group intervention. Statistical analysis adopted a significance level of p < 0.05 and used the Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric tests.
Results:
after 60 minutes of intervention, there was a statistically significant reduction in mean salivary cortisol levels (p < 0.001). A reduction was also noted after 120 minutes, but without statistical significance (p = 0.139).
Conclusion:
a single session of 60 minutes of group music therapy was able to reduce stress (salivary cortisol levels) of chemically dependent people.
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