NCT01040611

Effectiveness of Music Therapy

Effectiveness of Music Therapy on Anxiety, Depression and Physiological Responses for Inpatients of Tuberculosis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Tuberculosis belongs to chronic diseases as a result of the treatment of disease over a long period, admission to negative pressure isolation wards, and restrictions on visitors. During the in-patient admission, patients are vulnerable to social isolation and separation anxiety. If anxiety sustained, patients' quality of life would be affected. Thus, it is important to improve patients' experience of anxiety. Music has the effectiveness of relaxation, and is helpful to patients' anxious status and physiological responses. This study examined the effectiveness of music therapy on anxiety, depression and physiological responses for patients with tuberculosis.

Detailed description

The experimental study was conducted on a medical center of North Taiwan. 66 patients with Tuberculosis were included in this study. Patients who fit the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to either experimental or control group. Patients in experimental group could choose a piece of CD and listen to music with earphone for 30 minutes. Patients in control group just rest for 30 minutes. The procedure was implemented once a day, and sustained for total 5 days.

Conditions

• Tuberculosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music therapy	Patients who fit the inclusion criteria were random assigned to either experimental or control group. Patients in experimental group could choose a piece of CD and listen to music with earphone for 30 minutes. Patients in control group just rest for 30 minutes. The procedure was implemented once a day, and sustained for total 5 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-09-01
• Completion: 2010-09-01
• First posted: 2009-12-29
• Last updated: 2010-11-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan