Table 1. Delivery of music therapy across included papers.
Number of papers (N) | All | 98 |
Acute only | 57 | |
Mixed Diagnoses (N) | 72 | |
N Sessions attended (range) | 1–133 | |
Link to outpatient work (N) | 22 | |
Duration in-patient stay (range, weeks) | 0.6–75 | |
Duration of therapy (range, weeks) | All | 0.2–129 |
Acute only | 0.2–38 | |
Location (N) | On ward | 23 |
Off ward | 11 | |
Both | 8 | |
Type of therapy (N) | Individual | 17 |
Group | 45 | |
Both individual and group | 29 | |
Individual work | Frequency per week | 1–6 |
Length of session (minutes) | 10–60 | |
Group work | Frequency per week | 0.5–6 |
Length of session (minutes) | 30–90 | |
Group size (range) | 3–40 | |
Co-work with another member of staff | 14 | |
Group Format (N) | Open | 23 |
Semi-open | 10 | |
Semi-closed | 3 | |
Closed | 6 | |
Both open and closed | 7 |