Impact of music-based interventions on subjective well-being: a meta-analysis of listening, training, and therapy in clinical and nonclinical populations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This meta-analysis aims to systematically evaluate the impacts of three types of Music-based interventions (MBIs)-music listening, music training, and music therapy on the subjective well-being (SWB) of clinical and non-clinical populations.

Methods

The study conducted a systematic search of Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus (from inception to January 2025) using the PRISMA guidelines, and selected 10 studies with a total of 387 and 326 experimental and control groups, respectively. Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for randomized controlled trials. A random-effects meta-analysis was then performed in Stata 18.0 to compute standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

Results

The pooled effect size

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12285531 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature