TABLE 3.

Recruitment and dropout rates.

Type of arts therapies	No of children recruited	No of children completed	Dropouts occurred (group)	Dropout stage	Dropout justification
AT	16	14	2 (from control)	During sessions	1 hospitalization 1 moved abroad
DT	16	14	2 (1 from each group)	Before sessions	2 did not wish to miss PE classes
DMT	16	16	–	–	–
MT	14*	12	2 (from intervention)	Before and during	1 left school 1 did not want to miss the assembly
Total	62	56	6

*Seven (instead of eight) children per group were recruited in the music therapy group due to the music therapist’s concerns about the group size. AT, art therapy; DT, dramatherapy; DMT, dance movement therapy; MT, music therapy.