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A Research on Music Therapy Intervention in the Anxiety of Families of Dying Patients

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DOI: 10.25236/ssah.2018.106

Author(s)

Yawei Yu, Ning Qu

Corresponding Author

Ning Qu

Abstract

To help the families of dying patients (subjects) reduce their fear and anxiety due to the death of their relatives, enhance their self-concept, promote relaxation, relieve stress and reduce anxiety. On the one hand, the subjects were interviewed to learn about the basic state of psychological crisis. On the other hand, SAS scale was used to evaluate the anxiety state of 30 subjects and randomly divide them into an experimental group and a control group. The means and methods of music therapy were used to intervene in the emotional state of the family members of the dying patients in the experimental group. The results of SAS pre-testing and post testing were statistically analyzed after the experiment. About music therapy intervention in the anxiety of the families of dying patients, the anxiety state of the experimental group is significantly reduced compared with the control group, P <0.05. The use of various forms and functions of music, which can significantly improve the anxiety state of dying patients, is a good intervention means for psychological crisis.

Keywords

Music, family members of dying patients, emotional problems.