Table 4.

Mood of the patients at different time points.

	Stage	VMG N = 27/26	IMG N = 23	ABG N = 33/32	P‐value
POMS Tension (score range 0–16)	T0	3.8 (3.2)	4.4 (3.2)	4.2 (3.6)	0.684
	T1	3.9 (3.3)	2.9 (2.2)	3.0 (2.8)	0.597
	T2	3.5 (3.4)	2.6 (2.0)	3.3 (2.8)	0.875
POMS Depression (score range 0–28)	T0	5.3 (5.7)	7.0 (6.3)	6.7 (6.9)	0.560
	T1	3.8 (3.9)	3.0 (2.6)	5.7 (5.4)	0.103
	T2	4.9 (5.6)	3.5 (3.0)	5.1 (5.9)	0.612
POMS Irritability (score range 0–28)	T0	4.1 (5.6)	6.1 (4.6)	4.4 (6.0)	0.753
	T1	5.8 (4.4)	3.4 (3.5)	5.4 (6.9)	0.164
	T2	5.9 (5.5)	2.9 (3.1)	5.2 (5.2)	0.401
POMS Vigor (score range 0–24)	T0	10.9 (5.5)	8.1 (5.1)	8.8 (5.2)	0.152
	T1	13.7 (6.9)	12.0 (6.4)	11.3 (5.9)	0.387
	T2	13.0 (6.6)	13.3 (5.6)	11.6 (6.3)	0.522
POMS Fatigue (score range 0–12)	T0	5.5 (2.7)	5.5 (2.8)	5.0 (2.9)	0.822
	T1	4.1 (2.3)	4.0 (2.7)	4.7 (3.1)	0.913
	T2	4.1 (3.0)	3.3 (2.9)	3.5 (3.1)	0.567
POMS Inertia (score range 0–12)	T0	2.6 (2.0)	3.0 (2.5)	3.0 (2.9)	0.813
	T1	2.6 (2.7)	2.3 (2.4)	3.2 (2.4)	0.639
	T2	2.8 (2.7)	2.6 (2.9)	2.9 (3.1)	0.405
POMS Confusion (score range 0–20)	T0	7.4 (4.3)	7.2 (4.6)	7.4 (4.5)	0.884
	T1	3.5 (3.7)	2.4 (2.8)	5.1 (3.4)	0.096
	T2	3.8 (3.7)	2.8 (2.8)	3.5 (3.2)	0.992
POMS Forgetfulness (score range 0–12)	T0	4.2 (2.9)	4.1 (2.6)	4.2 (2.5)	0.796
	T1	3.4 (2.6)	3.0 (2.6)	3.5 (2.4)	0.768
	T2	3.4 (3.0)	3.0 (3.0)	3.2 (2.7)	0.813

Data are mean (SD). Higher scores indicate better outcome. Significant group differences are shown in bold. Abbreviations: ABG, Audiobook group; IMG, Instrumental music group; T0, baseline (acute); T1, 3‐month stage; T2, 6‐month stage; VMG, Vocal music group. The P‐values are from Group main effect in univariate ANOVA at T0 and from Time × Group interaction in mixed‐model ANOVA at T1 (T0 vs. T1) and T2 (T0 vs. T2).