BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, June 2019
Fancourt, Daisy; Finn, Saoirse; Warran, Katey;
Wiseman, Theresa
This study used a non-randomised controlled
design to explore the effects of group choir singing on mental health among
people who have been bereaved due to cancer. Participants who sang in a choir had more
stable symptoms of depression and levels of well-being, as well as gradual
improvements in their sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem over the 24 weeks.
In contrast, those in the control group showed gradual increases in depressive
symptoms, reductions in levels of well-being and self-esteem and no improvement
in their self-efficacy. These results were independent of all
covariates. The authors conclude that weekly group singing could be a promising mutual support intervention for people experiencing grief.
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