Effect of music therapy on stress in chemically dependent people: a quasi-experimental study

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: befo...

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Autores principales: Taets, Gunnar Glauco De Cunto, Jomar, Rafael Tavares, Abreu, Angela Maria Mendes, Capella, Marcia Alves Marques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6336358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30698217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2456.3115
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Sumario: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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