Study on the Effects of Music Therapy on Rehabilitation of Patients with Chronic Schizophrenic

Objective To explore the influence of music therapy on the quality of life,depression and anxiety of chronic schizophrenic patients in community.Methods A total of 162 chronic schizophrenic patients in the community of Futian District of Shenzhen were randomly divided into two groups,the music therapy group and the control group,with 81 cases for each group.The patients in the control group continued the psychiatric routine drug maintenance therapy,while those in the music therapy group received additional music therapy.Before and after 8-week treatment,the quality of life of the patients were assessed by the General Quality of Life Inventory(GQOLI-74),and the depression and anxiety were evaluated by the Self-rating Depression Scale(SDS) and the Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS).Results After 8-week treatment with music,compared with the same group before treatment or compared with the control group with 8-week routine treatment,the patients in the music therapy group had significant increases(P0.05)in scores of 16 out of 20 factors(except factors like housing,community service,living environment and economic status),in scores of 3 dimensions(including body function,psychological function and social function),and the total scores.Conclusions The music therapy is helpful to improve the quality of life and relieve the depression and anxiety of chronic schizophrenic patients in community.