TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Music Imrovisation in Music Therapy: Systematic Review
AU - Gattino, Gustavo
AU - Melo, Débora
AU - Sousa, Alda
AU - Sequeiros, Jorge
AU - Wagner, Mario
AU - Schüler-Faccini, Lavínia
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The effects of different music experiences have been presented in
several systematic reviews. On the other hand, musical improvisation, one of
the major musical experiences in music therapy has not yet been addressed in
systematic reviews. The aim of this article is to conduct a systematic review to
evaluate the effectiveness of musical improvisation in music therapy
randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Altogether, it was found 10 studies, 85
outcomes and 50 of these (58.82 %) were statistically significant (P<0.05) The
studies reviewed presented a good (not perfect) standard of excellence in terms
of methodological quality (average of 3.9 on a scale of 1 to 5) evaluated by
Jadad Scale (instrument of methodological quality). Owing to the absence of
similar research questions, it was not possible to calculate the meta-analysis
estimative. Therefore, further studies with higher methodological quality, greater
quality of data and similar research questions are needed to define the role of
musical improvisation in music therapy according to RCTs.
AB - The effects of different music experiences have been presented in
several systematic reviews. On the other hand, musical improvisation, one of
the major musical experiences in music therapy has not yet been addressed in
systematic reviews. The aim of this article is to conduct a systematic review to
evaluate the effectiveness of musical improvisation in music therapy
randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Altogether, it was found 10 studies, 85
outcomes and 50 of these (58.82 %) were statistically significant (P<0.05) The
studies reviewed presented a good (not perfect) standard of excellence in terms
of methodological quality (average of 3.9 on a scale of 1 to 5) evaluated by
Jadad Scale (instrument of methodological quality). Owing to the absence of
similar research questions, it was not possible to calculate the meta-analysis
estimative. Therefore, further studies with higher methodological quality, greater
quality of data and similar research questions are needed to define the role of
musical improvisation in music therapy according to RCTs.
KW - improvisational music therapy
KW - Randomized clinical trial
KW - systematic review
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2316-994X
VL - 15
JO - Brazilian Journal of Music Therapy
JF - Brazilian Journal of Music Therapy
IS - 1
ER -