Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

generalised further, was evidently important for the effects of BMGIM on anxiety and
depression for these subjects.
Hypothesis 2 was retained, while hypotheses 1, 3 and 4 were rejected.
The results from the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire found increases in mean score
in the functional scales and the quality of life subscale, and decreases in mean scores
in most of the symptom scales. However, individual differences between participants
were many, and no significant effects were found.
Results only offered partial evidence to support hypothesis 5 and 6.
The results from the SOC revealed that the total individual raw scores and mean score
for all six participants increased, three of them markedly, and a significant overall
effect was found at both post-test and follow-up. Of the three subscales,
Comprehensibility improved markedly at post-test and follow-up, while
Manageability improved slightly at post-test, but the effect reduced at follow-up.
Significant effects were found from pre-test to both post-test and follow-up for overall
SOC mean scores and for the Comprehensibility subscale. Effect sizes were small to
medium. The results indicate better coping and improved life quality.
Hypothesis 7 and 8 were retained, with the reservation that not all quality of life
scores were improved in all three SOC subscales.
All participants indicated that music and imagery had “very much” meaning for them
in their scores in the specific questionnaires subjectively reporting the value of
BMGIM. All participants indicated the music therapy helped them with ‘going on’,
four “very much”, two “to a certain extent”.
Hypothesis 9 and 10 were therefore retained.
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