TY - JOUR
T1 - Attitudes Surrounding Music of Patients With Anorexia Nervosa
T2 - A Survey-Based Mixed-Methods Analysis
AU - Krishna Priya, Aishwarya
AU - Applewhite, Briana
AU - Au, Katie
AU - Oyeleye, Oyenike
AU - Walton, Emma
AU - Norton, Caroline
AU - Patsalos, Olivia
AU - Cardi, Valentina
AU - Himmerich, Hubertus
N1 - Funding Information:
AK and BA completed this study as a dissertation project of the MSc Mental Health Studies Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London. HH has received salary support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Center (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and King’s College London.
Funding Information:
Funding. AK and BA completed this study as a dissertation project of the MSc Mental Health Studies Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London. HH has received salary support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Center (BRC) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and King's College London.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Krishna Priya, Applewhite, Au, Oyeleye, Walton, Norton, Patsalos, Cardi and Himmerich.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6/2
Y1 - 2021/6/2
N2 - Anorexia nervosa (AN) is one of the main eating disorders. It has the highest mortality of all psychiatric disorders, and the success rates of current therapies are not fully satisfactory. Thus, there is a need for novel interventions. We investigated the attitudes surrounding music of 41 patients with clinically-diagnosed AN as well as their thoughts on the potential therapeutic uses of music using a questionnaire of 50 questions. Free text responses were qualitatively analyzed for reoccurring themes with NVivo 12 software. Yes/no questions and questions of best fit were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 25. The most prevalent theme was the positive effect of music. Most patients reported that listening to music evokes varying emotions in them (83%) which may be of positive or negative nature. Similarly, patients associated certain music with particular positive, but also with particular negative memories. A majority of patients stated that music helps to distract them (85%), helps with loneliness (59%) and helps them feel more connected to others (58%). This data indicates that people with AN make nonclinical use of music which seems to elicit positive as well as negative emotions and memories. Patients felt music is beneficial with regard to important aspects of AN, such as emotional problems, loneliness, and relationship difficulties. Most of them would also like to attend music therapy.
AB - Anorexia nervosa (AN) is one of the main eating disorders. It has the highest mortality of all psychiatric disorders, and the success rates of current therapies are not fully satisfactory. Thus, there is a need for novel interventions. We investigated the attitudes surrounding music of 41 patients with clinically-diagnosed AN as well as their thoughts on the potential therapeutic uses of music using a questionnaire of 50 questions. Free text responses were qualitatively analyzed for reoccurring themes with NVivo 12 software. Yes/no questions and questions of best fit were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 25. The most prevalent theme was the positive effect of music. Most patients reported that listening to music evokes varying emotions in them (83%) which may be of positive or negative nature. Similarly, patients associated certain music with particular positive, but also with particular negative memories. A majority of patients stated that music helps to distract them (85%), helps with loneliness (59%) and helps them feel more connected to others (58%). This data indicates that people with AN make nonclinical use of music which seems to elicit positive as well as negative emotions and memories. Patients felt music is beneficial with regard to important aspects of AN, such as emotional problems, loneliness, and relationship difficulties. Most of them would also like to attend music therapy.
KW - anorexia nervosa
KW - eating disorders
KW - mixed-methods research
KW - music
KW - music therapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108176858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.639202
DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.639202
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108176858
SN - 1664-0640
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Psychiatry
JF - Frontiers in Psychiatry
M1 - 639202
ER -