The Effect of Oriental Medicine Music Therapy on the Improvement of Elementary School Children’s Concentration: Retrospective Analysis of Case Series

Seul-Ki Kim; Seung-Hyun Lee; Min-Ji Kim; Seok-Jae Ko; Jae-Woo Park; Kim, Seul-Ki; Lee, Seung-Hyun; Kim, Min-Ji; Ko, Seok-Jae; Park, Jae-Woo

doi:10.13048/jkm.13020

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Kim, Lee, Kim, Ko, and Park: The Effect of Oriental Medicine Music Therapy on the Improvement of Elementary School Children’s Concentration: Retrospective Analysis of Case Series

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Journal of Korean Medicine 2013; 34(3): 153-159.

Published online: September 30, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13048/jkm.13020

The Effect of Oriental Medicine Music Therapy on the Improvement of Elementary School Children’s Concentration: Retrospective Analysis of Case Series

Seul-Ki Kim¹^{, 2}, Seung-Hyun Lee³, Min-Ji Kim², Seok-Jae Ko¹^{, 2}, Jae-Woo Park¹^{, 2}

¹Department of Gastroenterology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University

²Internal Medicine of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea

³Oriental Medicine Music Therapy Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: 박재우(Jae-Woo Park), 서울시 동대문구 회기동 1번지 경희대학교 한의과대학 한방3내과, Tel: +82-2-440-6219, Fax: +82-2-440-6295, E-mail: pjw2907@khu.ac.kr

Received June 13, 2013 Revised July 31, 2013 Accepted July 31, 2013

Abstract

Objectives:

This study was designed to find the effect of Oriental medicine music therapy (OMMT) on elementary school children’s concentration.

Methods & Results:

OMMT as a study tool has several programs, including playing the musical instruments and listening to the music. The measurement tools of the study were Harris & Harris’ grid and visual analogue scale (VAS) for overall condition. As a result, the score of Harris & Harris’ grid increased from 12.94±8.20 to 15.24±8.74 (P=0.032) and VAS for overall condition increased from 74.85±27.37 to 92.35±24.10 (P=0.002)

Conclusions:

This case series showed that OMMT might be an effective treatment to improve elementary school children’s concentration.

Keywords: Oriental medicine music therapy, Children’s concentration, Harris & Harris’ grid

Fig. 1.

Oriental medicine music therapy

Fig. 2.

Change of score of Harris & Harris’ grid

* P<0.05

Fig. 3.

Change of VAS for overall condition

** P<0.01

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