Table 1.
Attendance and interest
| Question | Response | Mental health patients (n=685) |
General population sample (n=856) |
Total (n=1541) |
| Have you attended music therapy?* | Yes | 117 (17.08%) | 44 (5.14%) | 161 (10.45%) |
| Have you attended dance movement therapy?* | Yes | 59 (8.61%) | 24 (2.8%) | 83 (5.39%) |
| Have you attended art therapy?* | Yes | 230 (33.58%) | 57 (6.66%) | 287 (18.62%) |
| Have you attended drama therapy?* | Yes | 54 (7.88%) | 25 (2.92%) | 79 (5.13%) |
| Attended none* | Yes | 398 (58.1%) | 755 (88.2%) | 1153 (74.82%) |
| Would you be interested in taking part in group arts therapies? | Yes | 420 (61.4%) | 509 (59.53%) | 929 (60.36%) |
| No | 165 (24.12%) | 179 (20.94%) | 344 (22.35%) | |
| Not sure | 99 (14.47%) | 167 (19.53%) | 266 (17.28%) |
*Significant differences between groups—χ2 at 5%.