A study to assess the effectiveness of music therapy on depression among depressive patients in selected Urban Area of Ahmedabad
International Journal of Development Research
A study to assess the effectiveness of music therapy on depression among depressive patients in selected Urban Area of Ahmedabad
Received 20th July, 2024; Received in revised form 11th th August, 2024; Accepted 26th September, 2024; Published online 30th October, 2024
Copyright©2024, Hina Patel and Dr. Hari Mohan Singh. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
“A pre-experimental study was conducted on a study to assess the effectiveness of music therapy on depression among depressive patients in selected urban area of Ahmedabad. The ‘general system model’ was used as conceptual framework. A quantitative approach with pre-experimental study design was used to achieve the objectives of the study. The sample size consisted of 50 depressive patients in selected urban area of Ahmedabad. The Hamilton rating scale was used to collect the samples. In the pre-experimental study the pre-test mean of the study was 12.52 and post-test mean of the study was 7.98 with the mean difference of 4.54. The tabulated t value is 22.10 which is greater than table value which was 2.00. Therefore null hypothesis is rejected and research hypothesis is accepted. It shows the effectiveness of Music therapy for depressive patients.
