Ostermann Thomas, Schmid Wolfgang
University of Witten/Herdecke, Gerhard-Kienle-Weg 4, D-58313 Herdecke, Germany.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2006 Apr;6(4):469-77. doi: 10.1586/14737175.6.4.469.
Coping with multiple sclerosis symptoms still remains a challenge for each patient suffering from this chronic inflammatory disease. Therefore, patients often turn to using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In this review, the authors aimed to investigate the current state of literature of music therapy in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Medline, PubMed, Embase, AMED, CAMbase and the Music Therapy World Journal Index were searched for the terms MS and 'music therapy'. In addition, an internet search using Google Scholar was performed. The authors found seven case-reports/series and seven studies on music therapy for MS-patients. Both the case reports and studies presented here are pioneer work. Most of the studies are naturally predominated by the use of qualitative and uncontrolled research designs. Nevertheless, the results of the studies as well as the case reports demonstrate patients' improvement in the domains of self-acceptance, anxiety and depression. The results of the studies as well as the case reports define a sufficient basis for further music therapeutical work as they show a variety of psychosocial and emotional benefits for MS patients.
对于每一位患有这种慢性炎症性疾病的患者来说，应对多发性硬化症的症状仍然是一项挑战。因此，患者常常求助于使用补充和替代医学（CAM）。在这篇综述中，作者旨在调查音乐疗法治疗多发性硬化症（MS）的文献现状。通过在医学文献数据库（Medline）、医学期刊数据库（PubMed）、荷兰医学文摘数据库（Embase）、联合和补充医学数据库（AMED）、补充和替代医学数据库（CAMbase）以及《音乐疗法世界期刊索引》中检索“MS”和“音乐疗法”等关键词。此外，还利用谷歌学术进行了网络搜索。作者发现了7篇关于MS患者音乐疗法的病例报告/系列以及7项研究。这里呈现的病例报告和研究都是开创性的工作。大多数研究自然以定性和非对照研究设计为主。然而，这些研究以及病例报告的结果表明，患者在自我接纳、焦虑和抑郁等方面有所改善。这些研究以及病例报告的结果为进一步的音乐治疗工作奠定了充分的基础，因为它们显示了音乐疗法对MS患者具有多种心理社会和情感益处。
