Journal of International Psychiatry

【Abstract】　Objective: To investigate the effects of combined emotion congnitive therapy and music relax therapy on depressive mood and anx¬iety in post-stroke patients. Methods: All the 40 post-stroke patients were divided into the emotion cognitive & music therapy group and control group, receiving clinical routine treatment and rehabilitation treatment. The experimental group partic¬ipated in the emotion cognitive & music therapy program for 6 weeks. Psychological status was evaluated with the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) before and after emotion cognitive & music therapy. Chi-square tests and two-sample independent t-tests were used to compare the general information and clinical information of patients. Paired sample t tests were performed to assess the difference in scores of BAI and BDI before and after therapy. Results: 1. Before therapy, there was no difference in the scores of BAI and BDI in the experimental group and control group. 2. At the end of emotion cognitive & music therapy, both the scores of BAI and BDI in the experimental group showed significant decrease, which were lower than those of the control group (P<0.05). There was no difference in the scores of BAI and BDI in control group. Conclusion: Emotion cognitive & music therapy had a positive effect on mood for post-stroke patients and may be beneficial for mood im¬provement with stroke.

stroke, depression, anx¬iety, emotion congnitive therapy,music therapy