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Table 2 Result of meta-regression of clinical variables and characters of MT with the treatment effect of adjunct MT in schizophrenic patients

From: Significant treatment effect of adjunct music therapy to standard treatment on the positive, negative, and mood symptoms of schizophrenic patients: a meta-analysis

Items

slope

p value

Mean age

0.11

0.712

female proportion

−0.10

0.404

Frequency of MT

−0.44

0.822

Total duration of MT

−0.73

0.362

Duration of each session of MT

6.61

0.576

Total number of sessions of MT

−0.06

0.789

Whole duration of illness***

3.30

<0.001

Chlorpromazine equivalence

−0.04

0.456

Number of previous hospitalization*

−3.65

0.040

  1. Meta-regression with unrestricted maximum likelihood method
  2. *: p < 0.05
  3. ***: p < 0.001
  4. Abbreviation: MT: music therapy