NCT06214325

Music Therapy to Address Patients' Journeys With Chronic Illness, Outcomes, and Readmission

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Conduct a pilot study (n = 20) to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MAJOR CHORD music therapy (MT) intervention (i.e., two in-person MT sessions prior to discharge and two virtual MT sessions post-discharge) and collection of patient-reported outcomes through 30 days after hospital discharge. The investigators will uncover any potential modifications that need to be made to the intervention and data collection process prior to initiating the randomized trial.

Conditions

• Heart Failure
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Music Therapy	Board-certified music therapists (i.e., MT-BC credential) will provide two music therapy sessions, a minimum of 24 hours apart, that include education and disease-specific content (e.g., harmonica exercises for respiratory health \[COPD\] or music-based breathing exercises \[HF\]) prior to patients' discharge and two virtual music therapy sessions that address music-assisted relaxation and imagery, additional techniques for managing psychosocial stressors, and gratitude exercises post-discharge.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-15
• Primary completion: 2024-06-11
• Completion: 2024-06-11
• First posted: 2024-01-19
• Last updated: 2024-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States