Evaluation of music therapy and other treatment modalities by adult psychiatric inpatients

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate adult psychiatric inpatients' evaluation of music therapy and other aspects of their overall treatment. Thirty patients, hospitalized on two psychiatric wards of Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, served as subjects. They rated music, art, and recreation therapy, traditional therapies, and general aspects of care provided during their hospitalization on a semantic differential consisting of four adjective pairs. Results from a one-way analysis of variance showed that although music therapy was rated highest on each adjective scale, there were no significant differences among ratings of music, art, and recreation therapy. Further one-way analysis of variance showed that the activity therapies taken as one aspect were rated: (1) significantly higher than several therapies on the good/bad and pleasurable/painful scales; (2) not significantly less important or succesful than medication which was rated highest on both of these scales. Overall findings are consistent with previous research suggesting psychiatric inpatients viewed their hospitalization favorably.

Keyword(s): Adult, psychiatric-inpatient, evaluation, art-therapy, recreation-therapy.

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