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  • Participatory community singing program to enhance quality of life and social and emotional well-being in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with chronic diseases

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    Sun, J
    Buys, N
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Buys, Nicholas J.
    Sun, Jing
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a 12-month community singing program on quality of life (QoL) using survey methods. Methods: We prospectively collected data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic diseases involved in a participatory community singing program. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a chronic disease and an average age of 51 years (range, 18 - 85 years) self-selected to participate in the singing group (n = 45), which included a weekly singing rehearsal and a monthly performance. There were 27 people in the control group. We compared ...
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    Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a 12-month community singing program on quality of life (QoL) using survey methods. Methods: We prospectively collected data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic diseases involved in a participatory community singing program. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a chronic disease and an average age of 51 years (range, 18 - 85 years) self-selected to participate in the singing group (n = 45), which included a weekly singing rehearsal and a monthly performance. There were 27 people in the control group. We compared the intervention and control groups by evaluating the QoL, social and emotional well-being, health behaviors, social isolation, and loneliness at a baseline and at 12 months. Results: At 12 months, those who participated in the singing program showed a significant increase in QoL, reduced stress, and a significant reduction in social isolation and loneliness compared with patients in the control group. Conclusions: The community singing program may enhance social and emotional well-being and QoL in Ab original and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic diseases, and the singing program is a viable health promotion intervention program for this population.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Disability and Human Development
    Volume
    12
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd-2012-0109
    Copyright Statement
    © 2013 Walter de Gruyter & Co. KG Publishers. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Genetics
    Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
    Other health sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/49719
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