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Anxiety and Depression Symptom Level and Psychotherapy Use Among Music and Art Students Compared to the General Student Population

Purpose: Previous epidemiological studies have shown higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among professional musicians, compared to the general workforce. Similar findings have been observed for psychotherapy use among musicians. To date, large-scale investigations of prevalence rates am...

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Autores principales: Vaag, Jonas, Bjerkeset, Ottar, Sivertsen, Børge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8273161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34262500
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.607927
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Sivertsen, Børge
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description Purpose: Previous epidemiological studies have shown higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among professional musicians, compared to the general workforce. Similar findings have been observed for psychotherapy use among musicians. To date, large-scale investigations of prevalence rates among music and arts students are lacking. Methods: Eight hundred and eighty students from music and arts institutions and faculties were derived from a national health student survey for higher education in Norway (the SHoT study). They were compared to a sample of the general student population (n = 48,729). We used logistic regression analysis, adjusting for age, sex, and semesters of study. Results: Music and arts students reported higher rates of anxiety [OR 1.60 (1.38–1.85), Prevalence difference (PD) 9.6 (6.3–12.8)] and depression symptoms [OR 1.41 (1.22–1.62), PD 7.9 (4.5–11.2)] compared to the general student force. Similar patterns were observed for self-reported mental disorders [OR 1.71 (1.46–2.01), PD 8.1 (5.3–11.0)], as well as psychotherapy use [OR 1.91 (1.60–2.29), PD 7.4 (4.9–9.9)] in music and arts students. Conclusions: Our findings are consistent with studies comparing musicians to the general workforce, and indicate that challenges also exist at student level, and not only after becoming a professional in the performing arts, which is important when planning health-related measures. These findings have the potential to inform on health promotion and services in the educational system.
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spelling pubmed-82731612021-07-13 Anxiety and Depression Symptom Level and Psychotherapy Use Among Music and Art Students Compared to the General Student Population Vaag, Jonas Bjerkeset, Ottar Sivertsen, Børge Front Psychol Psychology Purpose: Previous epidemiological studies have shown higher levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms among professional musicians, compared to the general workforce. Similar findings have been observed for psychotherapy use among musicians. To date, large-scale investigations of prevalence rates among music and arts students are lacking. Methods: Eight hundred and eighty students from music and arts institutions and faculties were derived from a national health student survey for higher education in Norway (the SHoT study). They were compared to a sample of the general student population (n = 48,729). We used logistic regression analysis, adjusting for age, sex, and semesters of study. Results: Music and arts students reported higher rates of anxiety [OR 1.60 (1.38–1.85), Prevalence difference (PD) 9.6 (6.3–12.8)] and depression symptoms [OR 1.41 (1.22–1.62), PD 7.9 (4.5–11.2)] compared to the general student force. Similar patterns were observed for self-reported mental disorders [OR 1.71 (1.46–2.01), PD 8.1 (5.3–11.0)], as well as psychotherapy use [OR 1.91 (1.60–2.29), PD 7.4 (4.9–9.9)] in music and arts students. Conclusions: Our findings are consistent with studies comparing musicians to the general workforce, and indicate that challenges also exist at student level, and not only after becoming a professional in the performing arts, which is important when planning health-related measures. These findings have the potential to inform on health promotion and services in the educational system. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8273161/ /pubmed/34262500 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.607927 Text en Copyright © 2021 Vaag, Bjerkeset and Sivertsen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_full Anxiety and Depression Symptom Level and Psychotherapy Use Among Music and Art Students Compared to the General Student Population
title_fullStr Anxiety and Depression Symptom Level and Psychotherapy Use Among Music and Art Students Compared to the General Student Population
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety and Depression Symptom Level and Psychotherapy Use Among Music and Art Students Compared to the General Student Population
title_short Anxiety and Depression Symptom Level and Psychotherapy Use Among Music and Art Students Compared to the General Student Population
title_sort anxiety and depression symptom level and psychotherapy use among music and art students compared to the general student population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8273161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34262500
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.607927
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