• Journal of Naturopathy
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.45-55
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• 2023

Background: A musical self-care program can be used to prevent physical and psychological burnout of social workers in child care facilities. Purpose: This study aims to find out what social workers at child care facilities experience and mean by musical self-care, and what the benefits of using music are in self-care cases. Method: Qualitative case study method was applied and explored. Five sessions of a musical self-care program and one session of face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted with four child care facility social workers from April 2022 to June 2022, and the data were analyzed as a collective case study and the results were obtained. Results: The musical self-care experiences of the participants were analysed into two major perspectives. The first is reflection in the care process. The second result is the benefit of using music in the care process. The need for self-care by social workers at child care facilities was confirmed, and that among various methods of self-care, the self-care process using music had a positive effect. In the musical self-care process, the intervention of music is based on the individual's self-reflection and self-acceptance, obtains psychological rewards through communication between colleagues, helps psychological recovery, and forms a cooperative relationship. Conclusion: This study indicates the need for musical self-care for social workers in child care facilities and provides implications that examples of its application in social welfare settings are important.

• Journal of Music and Human Behavior
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.135-157
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• 2024

In this study, the authors developed and implemented an online music-based support program to prevent burnout among university hospital nurses. This study involved 40 nurses from three university hospitals who shared their subjective experiences after participating in 8 music-based non-simultaneous online sessions. The responses were collected as qualitative data and analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method. The analysis identified 66 meaning units, 10 themes, and 3 categories, which included: 'Recovery of physical and psychological stability', 'Self-care and acceptance', and 'Rediscovery of pride and meaning as a nurse'. This study is significant for exploring the experiences of university hospital nurses who participated in a remotely implemented music-based psycho-emotional support program, with respect to burnout prevention. For future directions, we suggest a more in-depth exploration of specific burnout factors and an expansion of research through the diversification of research methods to refine programs aimed at alleviating nurse burnout.