Table 3. Meta-regression analysis of the main characteristics of the 33 studies.
| Characteristics | Music therapy | Music medicine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coef. 95%CI | P | Coef. 95%CI | P | |
| Sample size | 0(-0.01, 0.03) | 0.704 | 0(-0.01, 0.01) | 0.926 |
| Mean age (years) | 0.01(-0.03, 0.05) | 0.39 | - | - |
| Setting | ||||
| Inpatient | 1 | 1 | ||
| Outpatient | 0.13(-1.98, 2.23) | 0.901 | 1.48(-0.59, 3.55) | 0.139 |
| Pre-treatment diagnosis | ||||
| Mental health | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Depression | -0.24(-1.20, 0.72) | 0.622 | -0.24(-2.08, 1.61) | 0.789 |
| Severe mental disease /psychiatric disorder | -0.22(-1.18, 0.75) | 0.652 | - | |
| Music therapy method | ||||
| Active music therapy | 1 | |||
| Receptive music therapy | 0.13(-1.89, 2.14) | 0.895 | - | - |
| Active+receptive | 0.48(-2.26, 3.21) | 0.716 | - | - |
| Total music intervention sessions | 0.01(-0.05, 0.06) | 0.83 | -0.02(-0.03, -0.01) | 0.004 |
| Music intervention frequency | -0.08(-1.74, 1.58) | 0.918 | 0.45(-0.66, 1.57) | 0.376 |
| Time per session (minutes) | -0.01(-0.04, 0.02) | 0.482 | -0.01(-0.07, 0.05) | 0.778 |