Trial reportPloS one2016
Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users.
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Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery: Connecting Communities for Mental Health and Wellbeing
A Randomized Controlled Trial Utilizing the Arts to Improve Health, Resilience, and Well-Being in Individuals With Chronic Health Conditions in Underserved Neighborhoods
Analisi Dei Marcatori di Stress Ossidativo in Pazienti Affetti da Tumore Della Mammella, Sottoposte a Radioterapia Postoperatoria e Psicoterapia Con Elementi di Musicoterapia
Who cites it
58 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impacts of participatory arts-based interventions on well-being of older adults without dementia: an umbrella review and a conceptual artistic participation framework.The Gerontologist · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of music-based interventions on subjective well-being: a meta-analysis of listening, training, and therapy in clinical and nonclinical populations.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- What Works to Improve Wellbeing? A Rapid Systematic Review of 223 Interventions Evaluated with the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scales.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of music therapy on depression: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- The impact of performing arts on mental health, social connection, and creativity in university students: a Randomised Controlled Trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Utilizing the arts to improve health, resilience, and well-being (HeRe We ArtsFrontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- A Culturally Grounded Music-Based Intervention for Indigenous Older Adults in Long-Term Care: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Musical Participation, Resilience, and Locus of Control in Musicians from the Margins.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Music-based interventions at workplaces: a scoping review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Article
- The role of music in perinatal mental health, with a psychoneuroimmunological perspective.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Article
- Personal growth through navigating the world as an artist: a qualitative study of the impact of creativity camp on adolescents with depression.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Potential common targets of music therapy intervention in neuropsychiatric disorders: the prefrontal cortex-hippocampus -amygdala circuit (a review).Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- Music for displaced dyads: a mixed methods feasibility study on the impact of music therapy on the mental health and wellbeing of Ukrainian refugee families.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Art for health's sake or health for art's sake: Disentangling the bidirectional relationships between arts engagement and mental health.PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- Re-engaging with arts and cultural activities at the Life Rooms: 'It's given me spring'.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- An Exploration of People Living with Parkinson's Experience of Cardio-Drumming; Parkinson's Beats: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Men's mental health and the arts: perceived benefits and dynamics of engagement.Health promotion international · 2023Article
- Associations of Social, Cultural, and Community Engagement With Health Care Utilization in the US Health and Retirement Study.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Protocol and biomarker strategy for a multi-site randomized controlled trial examining biological mechanisms and dosing of active music engagement in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma and parents.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Intra- and inter-brain coupling and activity dynamics during improvisational music therapy with a person with dementia: an explorative EEG-hyperscanning single case study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
unlabelledGrowing numbers of mental health organizations are developing community music-making interventions for service users; however, to date there has been little research into their efficacy or mechanisms of effect. This study was an exploratory examination of whether 10 weeks of group drumming could improve depression, anxiety and social resilience among service users compared with a non-music control group (with participants allocated to group by geographical location.) Significant improvements were found in the drumming group but not the control group: by week 6 there were decreases in depression (-2.14 SE 0.50 CI -3.16 to -1.11) and increases in social resilience (7.69 SE 2.00 CI 3.60 to 11.78), and by week 10 these had further improved (depression: -3.41 SE 0.62 CI -4.68 to -2.15; social resilience: 10.59 SE 1.78 CI 6.94 to 14.24) alongside significant improvements in anxiety (-2.21 SE 0.50 CI -3.24 to -1.19) and mental wellbeing (6.14 SE 0.92 CI 4.25 to 8.04). All significant changes were maintained at 3 months follow-up. Furthermore, it is now recognised that many mental health conditions are characterised by underlying inflammatory immune responses. Consequently, participants in the drumming group also provided saliva samples to test for cortisol and the cytokines interleukin (IL) 4, IL6, IL17, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP) 1. Across the 10 weeks there was a shift away from a pro-inflammatory towards an anti-inflammatory immune profile. Consequently, this study demonstrates the psychological benefits of group drumming and also suggests underlying biological effects, supporting its therapeutic potential for mental health.
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