Music Therapy For Emotional Intervention In Elderly Patients With Chronic Diseases

Some experts predict that the incidence of chronic diseases will increase by three times from 2000 to 2030.From now on,we can see that the resources for treatment of chronic diseases will be consumed more in the future.In the context of the combination of medical care and maintenance,social workers can share part of the burden of chronic diseases in the elderly.Chronic patients are often accompanied by depression or anxiety complex.Negative mental state seriously affects the treatment of patients with chronic diseases.Many studies have found that music therapy can induce positive emotions,increase self-worth and sense of meaning of life,and then improve depression or anxiety.The main purpose of this paper is to use music as the main therapeutic medium and to help the elderly to with chronic diseases eliminate the negative emotions such as depression and anxiety and to promote the positive mood of the elderly by group activities.In this study,a total of fourteen elderly patients with chronic diseases in a community in Putuo District,Shanghai,were studied,including six in the control group and eight in the experimental group.In the experimental group,a total of five weeks of music group activities were arranged for one hour,and the control group did not participate in the activities of the "chronic disease music group program".The main statistical method was the t test of SPSS.The statistical table was the " Patient Health Questionaire "," Generalized Anxiety Disorder " and "the questionnaire of the effect of music therapy".In the experimental group,there was a significant difference in the overall score of depression and anxiety in patients who were involved in music therapy.In the control group,was almost no improvement on the whole,and there was no significant difference in the overall score of depression and anxiety in patients.It was suggested that music therapy could significantly improve the anxiety and depression of the patients.It is shown that the music synchronization,the discussion of songs,the meditation of music,singing therapy and so on in the music therapy group activities can alleviate the anxiety and depression of the elderly people.