Investigation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Five Element Music Therapy in Treating 60 Cases of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Emotional Disorder

Objective To observe the clinical effect of music therapy in treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) emotion disorder. Methods Music therapy was given to 60 CFS patients according to syndrome differentiation to observe the change of the fatigue scores and the scores of SCL-90 factors. Results The scale marks of the fatigue scores and the scores of SCL-90 factors of the treated group after treatment were obviously lower than that of the control group (P0.05, P0.01). After treatment,the scores of SCL-90 factors on forced, depression, paranoid and psychotic in the treated group were all improved (P0.05); physical, anxiety and other scores were all improved significantly (P0.01). Conclusions Traditional Chinese Medicine five element music therapy could regulatethe emotion of CFS patients, relieve depression and anxiety, improve the fatigue symptoms.