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

Table 3 Result of subgroup meta-analysis of the treatment effect of adjunct MT in schizophrenic patients

Subgroup MA		Effect sizes	95 % confidence interval		p value
Subgroup MA		Effect sizes	Lower limit	Upper limit	p value
Duration of each session of MT	<1 h	2.00	0.70	3.31	0.003
Duration of each session of MT	> or = 1 h	7.62	4.66	10.58	<0.001
Total duration of MT	<3 months	3.97	2.03	5.91	<0.001
Total duration of MT	> or = 3 months	3.00	1.36	4.64	<0.001
Frequency of MT	<4 times/week	3.40	1.86	4.93	<0.001
Frequency of MT	> or = 4 times/week	3.13	0.95	5.31	0.005
Total number of sessions of MT	<20 sessions	3.92	2.32	5.52	<0.001
Total number of sessions of MT	> or = 20 session	2.33	0.50	4.17	0.013
Different disease severity	Mild	7.34	4.50	10.18	<0.001
	Moderate	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	Severe	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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