Efficacy of a Music-Based Intervention on Enhancement of Treatment Motivation among Clients with Substance Use Disorders in Residential Treatment in Kenya
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Date
2022
Authors
Chege, Antony
Kathungu, Beatrice
Karega, Muchiri
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AJOL
Abstract
Although evidence suggests that music-based interventions (MBI) may help enhance
treatment motivation, their efficacy is generally untested among the Kenyan population. This
motivated the current study to test the efficacy of a MBI on treatment motivation of clients
with substance use disorder (SUD) in a selected treatment center. Subjects were 40 clients in
a residential treatment facility with two branches. A quasi-experiment, nonequivalent control
group pre-test post-test design was used. The treatment group, with 20 clients in branch A,
received MBI in addition to treatment as usual (TAU) while the control, comprising 20
clients in branch B, only received the TAU in the same period. A Treatment Motivation (TM)
test using the TCU/SRF Treatment Motivation scale was administered to both groups before
and after the four weeks of MBI on the treatment group. Findings showed that the treatment
group had significantly higher levels of treatment motivation at post-test compared to the
control group after controlling for various covariates, suggesting that MBI may have
contributed to the increased TM in the treatment group. This implies that MBI may be a
promising intervention in enhancing treatment motivation among clients with SUD in
treatment settings in Kenya.
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Keywords
low treatment motivation, music-based intervention, music therapy, quasiexperimental design, substance use disorders, treatment motivation
Citation
Chege, A., Kathungu, B., & Karega, M. (2022). Efficacy of a music-based intervention on enhancement of treatment motivation among clients with substance use disorders in residential treatment in Kenya. African Musicology Online, 11(1).