Klarinet Archive - Posting 000168.txt from 2001/06

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] pop a pill
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:34:34 -0400

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, stewart kiritz wrote:

> There are reasonably reliable statistics showing that about 20% of
> performers use beta blockers for performance anxiety.

Stewart, do you have those statistics & sources handy? I have a number of references that point to "studies which show" but the studies are unnamed. For instance, one of those reports (from the Larry Krantz flute pages) says:

"A study reported in 1986 of 2,122 musicians in major U.S. symphony orchestras showed that 27% reported taking beta blockers. Of that 27%, 19% took them daily under a doctors prescription for heart conditions, etc., 11% had a prescription for occasional use (concerts, auditions, etc.) and the remaining 70% reported occasional use, but without a doctors prescription. (Again, these percentages are of the 27% who reported taking beta blockers, not of the whole population)"

but no reference to the 1986 study. I'd like to find the sources & get them up on the Clarinet Pages, but a pointer to something like this on the Flute Pages is worse than useless.

Mark C.

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