Music Therapy for Depression: A Systematic Review

Running head: EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
Evidence based practice
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Table of Contents
PICOT:.............................................................................................................................................2
Research question:...........................................................................................................................2
Evaluation of research:....................................................................................................................2
Research topic:.................................................................................................................................3
Systematic review:...........................................................................................................................4
Future research recommendation:....................................................................................................7
Annotated bibliography:..................................................................................................................8
References:....................................................................................................................................10

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PICOT:
Population In patients with depression
Intervention Music therapy
Comparison Standard treatment regimen
Outcome Better quality of life
Timeframe 1-6 months
Research question:
In patients with depression, how does music therapy as compared to standard treatment affect the
quality of life and symptom management within 1 to 6 months?
The population chosen for the Research question is the patient suffering from different
symptoms of depression and the Research question development the systematic review was made
using the PICOT format. In this case the population is the patients with depression, the
intervention is music therapy, the comparison is the standard treatment for depression, outcome
is better quality of life and better symptomatic management, and the time frame selected is six
months to a year.
Evaluation of research:
The first article chosen for this intervention study is the randomized control trial by
Bidabadin and Mehryar, (2015) which evaluated the effectiveness of music therapy on symptoms
of home of that anxiety and depression among the obsessive compulsive disorder patients. The
research in of this article was to evaluate the role of music in the treatment of search patients
with depression symptoms and potential therapeutic benefits. Research method selected for the

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study had been a single-center parallel-group randomized control trial which indicates that this is
a primary source article. The sampling was very small with only 30 patients of obsessive
compulsive disorder that has also been suffering from depression symptoms and division of the
patient groups was divided equally with 15% receiving music therapy and 15% being the control
group. The process of the study the evaluation measurement had been done using the Maudsley
Obsessive–Compulsive Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory-
Short Form which had been administered baseline along with one month after intervention.
Considering the ethical considerations that have been upheld in the research article it has been
mentioned that the protocol of the study was approved by the ethics committee of the faculty of
psychology of the university. However, no other information regarding ethical consideration for
this being human subject study trial was evident in the article which can be considered a possible
con (McCusker & Gunaydin, 2015). The data findings indicated that the effect of the music
therapy was significantly successful in the patient group selected (Bidabadin & Mehryar, 2015).
Research topic:
Depression is one of the most abundantly reported mental health disorders that is
prevailing is a chronic disease all across the globe (Van, De & Vermote, 2015). From the
statistical reports that have been shared it can be mentioned that 3 million Australians are living
with depression and every year 6% of Australians have been reported to acquire depression
symptoms (Health.gov.au, 2018). Furthermore data has also revealed that on an average around
one among 6 women and one among 8 men have been predicted to experience some level of
depression in the Australian population. It has to be mentioned that depression associated co-
morbidities affect well being personal relationships career and productivity of an individual
which collectively impacts the quality of life and leads the individual towards self harming