ArticleThe Arts in psychotherapy2020
Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study.
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- Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Addressing Health Care Workers' Mental Health: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Current Resources.American journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
- What are effective strategies to respond to the psychological impacts of working on the frontlines of a public health emergency?Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Living through the psychological consequences of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of effective mitigating interventions.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Interventional Response of Hospital and Health Services to the Mental Health Effects of Viral Outbreaks on Health Professionals.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological Support Interventions for Healthcare Providers and Informal Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions to address mental health issues in healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks: A systematic review.Journal of psychiatric research · 2021Pooled it
- Mental health interventions and supports during COVID- 19 and other medical pandemics: A rapid systematic review of the evidence.General hospital psychiatryPooled it
- Healthcare Professionals' Perceptions of the Impact of Active and Receptive Music Therapy and Its Continued Use in Hospital Settings.Nursing open · 2026Article
- Virtual music therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: an updated scoping review.JBI evidence synthesis · 2026Article
- Single-session music therapy reduces anxiety and depression among hospitalized adults in an endocrinology ward.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Sound relief: Restorative Music as a strategy to improve clinician wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Relationship between Playing Musical Instruments and Subjective Well-Being: Enjoyment of Playing Instruments Scale.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exploring the Impact of Positive Psychology-Based Virtual Music Therapy on Mental Health in Stressed College Students during COVID-19: A Pilot Investigation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Psychological wellbeing with music therapy: the moderating role of health awareness, and strategic health management in post Covid-19 era.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Can Music Reduce Stress and Anxiety in the Operating Room Team? Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Italy Healthcare Services.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Personality characteristics, music-listening, and well-being: a systematic and scoping review.Research in psychotherapy (Milano) · 2024Article
- Online-merge-offline (OMO)-based music therapy for asthmatic children during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Examining students' music listening willingness and engagement to foster their musical achievement and development in higher educational institutions.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
The influence of music therapy (MT) as a support intervention to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Clinical Staff (CS) working with COVID-19 patients was evaluated. Participants were enrolled as a result of spontaneous agreement (n = 34) and were given remote receptive MT intervention over a 5-week period. Their levels of tiredness, sadness, fear and worry were measured with MTC-Q1 before and after MT intervention. An immediate significant variation in the CS emotional status was observed. The results seem to confirm that in an emergency situation, it is possible to put in place a remote MT support intervention for CS exposed to highly stressful situations.
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