Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

pre-test level at follow-up, while the meaningfulness score increased one point and
comprehensibility decreased one point from post-test to follow-up. The scores on the
music therapy question reveal that PIJØ found the BMGIM process helpful, even if
she did not score maximum (12).
Figure 7. 2 PIJØs QLQ-C30 scores, including all subscales
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Fig. 7.2 shows PIJØ scores on all subscales at pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Some
of the functional subscale scores increased from pre-test to post-test (EF,CF) while
others decreased (PF, RF, SF). From post-test to follow-up some scores remained
stable (RF, CF, SF), while one increased (PF) and one decreased (EF). Quality of life
increased from pre-test to post-test, but dropped quite dramatically from post-test to
follow-up. The explanation may be found in some of the symptom subscales. Both
NV and PA increased from post-test to follow-up, and these symptoms are very likely
to have influenced the global QoL scores negatively.
Taken together the results of the quantitative investigation documented that BMGIM
therapy had a positive influence on mood, as measured by the HADS, and on quality
of life, as measured by the SOC, while the mixed result of the QLQ-C30 indicates that
physical aspects (symptoms) of QoL troubled PIJØ at follow-up.
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