Introduction:

early retirement is a process of social relevance due to the high growth rate of the aging workforce, whose most relevant concern arises from the extension, perhaps oversized, of working life.

Objective:

to determine the results of music therapy in early retired people.

Methods:

a music therapy intervention was carried out with the aim of regulating emotions in early retired people, faced with the dilemma of the termination of the employment relationship or its continuity; a quasi-experimental study was carried out at "Marta Abreu" Teaching Polyclinic, Villa Clara, from January 2017 to February 2019. Procedures, methods and techniques with application of music therapy were used in a study group of 200 early retired people aged 55 to 65 years. Theoretical, empirical and statistical-mathematical methods were used. Psychological techniques were applied in the study group before and after music therapy and in the control group without intervention.

Results:

relevant results were found in the study group, and very significant changes were recorded: more low anxiety and mild depressive emotional states, high self-esteem, and notable improvement in vulnerability to stress. No favorable changes were reflected in the control group.

Conclusions:

music therapy was effective for achieving positive changes in emotional state in early retired people from the study group. The promising identification of potentialities in musical language, with the minimum use of spoken language in comprehensive care for people in early retirement, was a novelty.