Dissertation - World Federation of Music Therapy

In fig. 7.5 no common developmental pattern can be observed in the two curves
illustrating the level of anxiety as measured by the HADS from session to session.
INLA’s process documents a gradual decrease with only minor deviations from the
general tendency. PIJØs process is much more uneven, and the spiky profile may
indicate either that difficult issues were addressed in the therapy or that external
influences, e.g. physical symptoms, influenced the score. The curve does not give
information on how the 7 questions of the anxiety axis developed from session to
session. (In general it can be observed in the material of all participants that no single
answer given by a participant to each specific question moved more than one
numerical step on a 0-1-2-3 Likert scale, however there are exceptions with a
difference of two steps between sessions, like in PIJØs quite dramatic process from
sessions #2-6.)
Figure 7. 6 HADS Depression scores for PIJØ and INLA
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HADS Depression scores. PIJØ and INLA
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Data point 1 = Pre-test 2-10= Sessions 2-10 11 =
Post-test 12 = Follow-up
In fig. 7.6 no common developmental pattern can be observed in the two curves.
INLA’s scores are very stable throughout the whole process, and all the time within
the “normal band”. The decrease between session 6 and 7, followed by an increase
between 7 and 8 is a parallel to what can be seen in fig. 7.5. Again, PIJØs process is
much more uneven, with great differences between sessions, and with dramatic
INLA
increases between sessions 4 and 7. The curve does not give information on how the 7
questions of the depression axis developed from session to session. (In general it can
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