Music Therapy
The influence of music therapy (MT) as a support intervention to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Clinical Staff (CS) working with COVID-19 patients was evaluated. Participants were enrolled as a result of spontaneous agreement (n = 34) and were given remote receptive MT intervention over a 5-week period. Their levels of tiredness, sadness, fear and worry were measured with MTC-Q1 before and after MT intervention. An immediate significant variation in the CS emotional status was observed. The results seem to confirm that in an emergency situation, it is possible to put in place a remote MT support intervention for CS exposed to highly stressful situations.
Rank:
73
First Author:
Giordano
Outcome:
Depression,Anxiety,Intervention Experience,Sleep/Exhaustion
Outcome p-value:
Depression:⭑⭑⭑, Anxiety:⭑⭑⭑, Intervention Experience:●, Sleep/Exhaustion:⭑⭑⭑
Intervention Category:
Reflection and Relaxation
Time per Employee (hours):
1
Hours per Employee:
1
D&B Study Quality Rating:
14
Reviewer Confidence:
2
Country:
Italy
Study Design Type:
Quasi-experimental
Materials Available to Implement:
The steps to conduct this intervention are well-described in the article. They involve contacts with participants to ask them about the music they liked and some qualitative questions that are listed in the article. Lead author email: filippo.giordano@uniba.it.
Author email: francesca.giordano@unicatt.it
Organiz./Individ. Focus:
Individual
Prevention Category:
Secondary
Effect size Small:
Effect size Medium:
Reference:
Giordano, F., Scarlata, E., Baroni, M., Gentile, E., Puntillo, F., Brienza, N., & Gesualdo, L. (2020). Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 70, 101688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2020.101688