key: cord-0930087-wgvfu791
authors: Biondi Situmorang, Dominikus David
title: Music Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With COVID-19: Psychopathological Problems Intervention and Well-Being Improvement
date: 2021-01-29
journal: Infect Dis Clin Pract (Baltim Md)
DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0000000000000999
sha: b2f12f8a5c38e108723c53e21e93efacb66ef5ab
doc_id: 930087
cord_uid: wgvfu791

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Nurses, doctors, and counselors/psychologists at hospitals can play sedative music in the treatment rooms for COVID-19 patients to feel calmer and sleep well. In addition, sedative music is very useful for refreshing the body when patients wake up from sleep.

2. Invite them to sing a song that they love Nurses, doctors, and counselors/psychologists at the hospital can invite them to sing a song that they love. That is a form of active music therapy. In this way, patients can increase their happiness and well-being.

Nurses, doctors, and counselors/psychologists at hospitals or families can invite them to watch music videos through their gadgets. This activity can be done simultaneously for the second point, inviting them to sing the song they like.

These are tips that nurses, doctors, and counselors/psychologists at hospitals can do to intervene in psychopathological problems and improve the well-being of COVID-19 patients. Hopefully, this article can be an input for health professionals in helping COVID-19 patients around the world. 

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The authors have no funding or conflicts of interest to disclose.