Applewhite Briana, Cankaya Zeynep, Heiderscheit Annie, Himmerich Hubertus
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College of London, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Mental Health Studies Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College of London, London WC2R 2LS, UK.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Apr 23;19(9):5150. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095150.
The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is globally increasing, and the current available interventions show variable success. Thus, there is a growing interest in additional interventions such as music therapy (MT). Therefore, we aimed to provide a comprehensive and systematic review of music and people with, or at risk of, ASD. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines and used PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science as databases, with "music", "music therapy", "autism spectrum disorder", and "ASD" as search terms. Among the identified and screened articles, 81 out of 621 qualified as scientific studies involving a total of 43,353 participants. These studies investigated the peculiarities of music perception in people with ASD, as well as the effects of music and MT in this patient group. Most of the music-based interventions were beneficial in improving social, emotional, and behavioural problems. However, the availability of studies utilizing a rigorous randomized controlled trial (RCT) design was scarce. Most of the studies had a small sample size, and the applied therapeutic and scientific research methods were heterogeneous.
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的患病率在全球范围内呈上升趋势，而目前可用的干预措施效果参差不齐。因此，人们对音乐疗法（MT）等其他干预措施的兴趣与日俱增。为此，我们旨在对音乐与患有ASD或有ASD风险的人群进行全面而系统的综述。我们采用系统评价和Meta分析的首选报告项目（PRISMA）指南，并使用PubMed、PsycINFO和科学网作为数据库，以“音乐”“音乐疗法”“自闭症谱系障碍”和“ASD”作为检索词。在已识别和筛选的文章中，621篇中有81篇符合科学研究标准，共涉及43353名参与者。这些研究调查了ASD患者音乐感知的特点，以及音乐和MT对该患者群体的影响。大多数基于音乐的干预措施在改善社交、情感和行为问题方面是有益的。然而，采用严格随机对照试验（RCT）设计的研究较少。大多数研究样本量较小，且应用的治疗和科学研究方法各不相同。
