Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

that the normal population in general had higher symptom scores than the participants
in this study.
Further comparisons illustrated in Fig. 5.7 utilise an additional two clinical and non-
clinical reference groups from Michelson’s study (2002), while still retaining those
from Fayers et al (1999) used in figure 5.6. The comparison here focuses on the
functional scales and quality of life.
Figure 5. 7 QLQ Profiles of functional scales and quality of life.
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Fig. 5.7 shows that all the clinical groups (including the sample from this study)
scored lower than either of the two normal samples in the functional scales and QoL.
It also reveals that the pre-test scores of the participants in this study were markedly
lower than all reference groups in all subscales except PF, and that the most important
relative improvements at post-test and follow-up are found in EF and QoL. In
Emotional Functioning the participants in this study are close to the two patient
reference groups at post-test and follow-up, and in Quality of Life they are close to
the normal groups at post-test. These findings lend support to the influence of
BMGIM on emotional functioning and quality of life.
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