Abstract
Objectives This study analyzed research trends of research information in domestic academic journals related to song-centered music therapy interventions for the elderly, characteristics of study participants, intervention-related characteristics of music therapy, and song-related characteristics. in domestic academic journals published from 2000 to 2021. Methods The literature selected for study went through the following process. Among the 156 papers found in the first screening stage, 6 duplicated papers were excluded. After checking the specific information about the participant, 40 papers that were not studies on the elderly were extracted, and 86 papers in which singing was not a major music therapy intervention factor were removed. Finally, a total of 21 papers were put into the analysis, excluding three papers in domestic journals that were not registered papers. Results As a result, there were 20 quantitative studies (95.24%) and 1 qualitative study (4.76%) among the literature on song-centered music therapy for the elderly. As for the classification related to the characteristics of the research participants, 12 papers (57.14%) were for the disabled group, 8 papers (38.10%) were for the non-disabled group and 1 Others(4.76%). Regarding the intervention-related characteristics of the study, 15 studies (71.43%) used only music therapy and there were 6 studies (28.57%) that combined other treatments or activities other than music therapy. In addition, the place of intervention of singing-centered music therapy for the elderly was the most frequent, with 5 cases(27.74%) in hospitals and 4 cases(17.37%) in nursing homes. There were 14 studies in which music therapists directly mediated therapy sessions(66.67%) and two theses (9.52%) were mediated by individuals other than music therapists. Besides, there were 5 papers (23.81%) that did not report on the moderator. Most of the studies implemented by music therapists had descriptions and therapeutic rationales for session-by-session music therapy programs. On the other hand, some studies lacked information on session programs or therapeutic rationales. Finally, a total of 10 genres of songs used in research trend identification were presented. Conclusions It is hoped that the tendency of song-centered music therapy research identified through this study will help the direction of future research on song-centered music therapy for the elderly and its practical application in the clinical field.
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