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Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psychology for Clinical Settings
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1439713
This article is part of the Research Topic A Collection of Systematic Reviews or Meta-Analyses on the Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Social, Health and Psychological Well-Being View all 3 articles

Research on the Intervention Effect of Five-Element Music Combined with Eight-Section Brocade on Depression Among Medical Students in higher vocational colleges

Provisionally accepted
Xiyong Yao Xiyong Yao 1,2Yiwen Ouyang² Yiwen Ouyang² 3*Hui Wang¹ Hui Wang¹ 1*Lili Zhu¹ Lili Zhu¹ 1*Lin Xiong¹³ Lin Xiong¹³ 1,4*
  • 1 College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China
  • 2 Mahasarakham University, Mueang Maha Sarakham District, Thailand
  • 3 College of the arts, Guangxi University, nanning, China
  • 4 Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

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    Background: Depression is the main risk factor leading to suicidal ideation among college students. This study focused on observing and assessing how the combination of Five-Element Music and Eight-Section Brocade affected depression levels among medical students attending higher vocational colleges.Methods:From a total of 1030 medical students studying in higher vocational colleges, we selected 160 students who showed depressive symptoms and met the specific criteria for the study. We used the SDS scale to identify these students and made them the participants of our experiment. Participants were randomly divided into four groups: the music intervention group (listening to traditional Chinese Five-Element music for 15 minutes daily), the Eight-Section Brocade intervention group (practicing the Eight-Section Brocade exercises once daily, approximately 15 minutes), the combined intervention group (first practicing the Eight-Section Brocade exercises once, then listening to music for 15 minutes), and the control group (no intervention). Each group consisted of 40 participants.The three intervention groups (excluding the control group) underwent continuous intervention for 4 weeks.The SDS, SAS, and PSQI scales were used for evaluation before and after the intervention.Results: Except for the control group, the SDS, SAS, and PSQI scores of the other three groups were lower after the intervention than before the intervention (P<0.01). After the treatment, the scores on SDS, SAS, and PSQI tests did not vary much between the students who listened to music and those who practiced Eight-Section Brocade (the difference was not statistically significant, P>0.05). However, the students who did both music and Eight-Section Brocade showed significantly lower scores than those who did only one activity (both P<0.01).Conclusion: Five-Element Music and Eight-Section Brocade can improve depression, anxiety, and sleep status among medical students in higher vocational colleges. The combined intervention of the two is more effective than a single method, and it is worth promoting and applying in higher vocational colleges.

    Keywords: five-element music, Eight-section brocade, Medical Students in higher vocational colleges, Depression intervention, Music and Baduanjin for Depression

    Received: 28 May 2024; Accepted: 17 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yao, Ouyang², Wang¹, Zhu¹ and Xiong¹³. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yiwen Ouyang², College of the arts, Guangxi University, nanning, China
    Hui Wang¹, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China
    Lili Zhu¹, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China
    Lin Xiong¹³, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, China

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