Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

One week before project start all participants filled in the following questionnaires/
self reports (presented in detail below, under measurement tools):
(a) Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS),
(b) European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life
Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30),
(c) Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC)
After every session questionnaire (a) + (b) was filled in.
After termination of therapy and 6 weeks after all three questionnaires were filled in.
2-4 weeks after follow-up all participants were interviewed (by the researcher).
In order to answer subquestions 1-3 the following hypotheses were generated:
1) Participants will report reduced anxiety at post-test compared with pre-test.
2) Participants will report reduced anxiety at follow-up compared with pre-test.
3) Participants will report reduced depression at post-test compared with pre-test.
4) Participants will report reduced depression at follow-up compared with pre-test.
5) Participants will report better quality of life (as defined in QLQ-C30) at post-test
than at pre-test.
6) Participants will report better quality of life (as defined in QLQ-C30) at follow-up
than at pre-test.
7) Participants will report better quality of life (as defined in SOC) at post-test than
at pre-test.
8) Participants will report better quality of life (as defined in SOC) at follow-up than
at pre-test.
9) Participants will report at post-test that music therapy (BMGIM) was helpful in
their rehabilitation process.
10) Participants will report at follow-up that music therapy (BMGIM) was helpful in
their rehabilitation process.
Hypotheses 1-4 were tested by the HADS questionnaire. Hypotheses 5-6 were tested
by the QLQ-C30 questionnaire. Hypotheses 7-8 were tested by the SOC
questionnaire. Hypotheses 9-10 were tested by four specific questions formulated by
the researcher (in a format similar to HADS).
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