Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

The mean score of the group in depression, illustrated in the columns on the far right
of figure 5.2, revealed a continuous decrease during the course of the sessions in self
reported depression that also continued to decrease during follow-up, however with
differences between subjects. A decrease from pre-test to post-test can be observed in
three participants, while there was a slight increase in INLAs and SAAAs scores, and
ESMAs very low score remained the same throughout. The scores of four participants
decreased from post-test to follow-up, while two – WIFU and ESMA – remained the
same.
The changes in anxiety and depression scores are more clearly illustrated in Fig.5.3
below where the number of participants is recorded within the HADS scoring norms:
Figure 5. 3 HADS Pre–test Post–test Follow-up scores placing subjects within
norms
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Participants' HADS scores compared to norms
Pre-Test
Anx
Post-test
Anx
Follow-up
Anx
Pre-test
Dep
Distribution at data points
Post-test
Dep
Follow-up
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Normal
Figure 5.3 indicates that the level of anxiety has been normalized. Only one of the
participants was within the ”normal” band at pre-test. At post-test four of the six were
within the ”normal band”, and at follow-up five of the six were within the ”normal
band”.
Over all subjects, the depression scores were lower than anxiety scores at pre-test.
Only one participant was outside the ”normal” band. At post-test and follow-up all six
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