Use Of Music Therapy Research Articles

Autoestima, Musicoterapia y Violencia de Género. Un encuentro grupal desde el abordaje plurimodal

En este artículo se presentan los resultados de la intervención musicoterapéutica, llevada a cabo con 24 mujeres, víctimas de violencia de género.Objetivos: Demostrar que la musicoterapia contribuye a: a) aumentar la autoestima de estas mujeres; b) mejorar las relaciones interpersonales; c) fomentar la iniciativa.Método: Para las sesiones se utilizó el método de Abordaje Plurimodal de Musicoterapia. Para valorar los resultados, se aplicó antes y después, la Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg y los IAPS de Bruscia (Los perfiles de evaluación de improvisaciones), para valorar la iniciativa y las relaciones interpersonales. Resultados: Se observó un aumento de la autoestima en todas las mujeres, siendo más elevado en aquellas que llevaban menos tiempo, separadas de su maltratador. Asimismo, a través de los IAPS, se observó que mejoraron las relaciones interpersonales y que aumentó más la iniciativa, en las mujeres, que llevaban más tiempo separadas de su maltratador.

A Systematic Review of Effectiveness of Music Therapy on Depression In The Elderly

ABSTRACTIntroduction: There are many non-pharmacological therapies in reducing symptoms of depression in older adult, one of which is music therapy. The aim of this article is to determine the effectiveness of the use of music therapy in reducing symptoms of depression in the elderly.Methods: A systematic approach was performed in this review using the PRISMA approach and journal sources from several databases including Scopus, ScienceDirect, SAGE, NCBI, CINAHL/EBSCO in the last 6 years from 2014 to 2019. Boolean operators were used within search process using AND and OR. The inclusion criteria are elderly aged ≥60 years with depression, either home or hospital treatment. Exclusion criteria are additional physical illness such as Diabetes Mellitus, CVA and other chronic diseases. Literature review, editorial, critical synthesis, and the like also become an exclusion criteria in this review.Results: Overall, the review consists of 13 articles with seven articles using RCT design, two quasi-experimental design, two pre-posttest design, and two exploratory design. In this review, several articles used an individual therapy and others a combination of music therapy with other activities such as singing, dancing and writing a lyric. Average time spent for a music therapy in elderly with depression was given from two weeks to six months, which may have been effective in making an impact. Every week had one or two sessions with a duration of30-60 minutes for every session.Conclusion: Music therapy is effective to reduce depression in the elderly.

Music therapy with couples and families in the United Kingdom: a review

A review of UK sources relating to the use of music therapy in work with couples and families revealed reports on family work with pre-school children in the context of a child development centre, with vulnerable young children in a child and family psychiatric unit, and with adolescents and their carers in clinical settings. There are no reports of music therapy being used in helping couples struggling with relational difficulties, or with managing their special needs children. There is also no mention of therapeutic help being extended to strengthening co-parenting with behaviourally challenging children. Music therapists do not appear to regard couple work as being distinct from family work and this could explain the scarcity of literature relating specifically to couples. It may also be that by limiting the definition of music therapy to rehabilitative work following physical injury the British Association of Music Therapy (BAMT) has limited publications on couple and family work in the UK.

More Flexible Integration of Functional Systems After Musical Training in Young Adults.

Musical training, because it involves the interaction and integration of diverse functional systems, is an excellent model to investigate training-induced brain plasticity. The human brain functions in a network architecture in which dynamic modules and subgraphs are considered to enable efficient information communication. However, it remains largely unknown how the dynamic integration of functional systems changes with musical training, which may provide new insight into musical training-induced brain plasticity and further the use of music therapy for neuropsychiatric disease and brain injury. Here, 29 healthy young adult novices who received 24 weeks of piano training, and another 27 novices without any intervention were scanned at three time points-before and after musical training and 12 weeks after training. We used nonnegative matrix factorization to identify a set of subgraphs and their corresponding time-dependent coefficients from a concatenated functional network of all the subjects in sliding time windows. The energy and entropy of the time-dependent coefficients were computed to quantify the subgraph's dynamic changes in expression. The training group showed a significantly increased energy of the time-dependent coefficients of 3 subgraphs after training. Furthermore, one of the subgraphs, comprised of primary functional systems and cingulo-opercular task control and salience systems, showed significantly changed entropy in the training group after training. Our results suggest that the integration of functional systems undergoes increased flexibility in fine-scale dynamics after musical training, which reveals how brain functional systems engage in musical performance. The efficacy of musical training induced brain plasticity may provide new therapeutic strategies for brain injury and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Generating Evidence of Critical Care Nurses' Perceptions, Knowledge, Beliefs, and Use of Music Therapy, Aromatherapy, and Guided Imagery

Critical care settings are known to be fast-paced and technologically advanced. To optimize humanistic care, integration of evidence-based complementary and alternative therapies holds promise. However, evidence of critical care nurses' use of complementary and alternative therapies in clinical practice has not been evaluated recently. This study sought to determine critical care nurses' perspectives of music therapy, aromatherapy, and guided imagery (GI) including perceptions of legitimacy, self-reported knowledge, interest in gaining knowledge, beliefs of harm/benefits, professional use, personal use, recommendations for use in critical care practice, and requests for these therapies by critical care patients or families. A descriptive cross-sectional design with repeated measures was conducted with critical care nurses (N = 53) practicing in 3 intensive care units at a Midwestern academic-affiliated medical center. The nurses' current perceptions, knowledge, beliefs, and use of music therapy, aromatherapy, and GI were assessed. In addition, an evaluation of the consistency of participants' responses using the Critical Care Nurses' Use of Complementary Therapies survey was performed on a subset of the sample (n = 15) at 2 time points 4 to 6 weeks apart. Most nurses (66%-83%) endorsed the legitimacy of these therapies for use with their patients. Nurses had the most knowledge of aromatherapy, followed by music therapy and GI; they showed interest in gaining further knowledge of the therapies even when reporting "some" to "a lot" of knowledge. Nurses showed a positive response regarding their beliefs about the benefits of each therapy. Professional use was highest for aromatherapy (85%), followed by music therapy (75%), corresponding with greater self-reported knowledge and personal use. A majority recommended aromatherapy (79%) and music therapy in practice (64%) and reported that these therapies were requested by patients or families. Responses on the survey items at 2 time points of administration showed consistency. On the basis of the overall survey responses, developing a robust scientific base and addressing educational needs through expanding resources and continuing education programs may promote use of these therapies to benefit patients in critical care.

The use of music therapy in the treatment of adverse effects in patients with multiple sclerosis treated with alemtuzumab

Alemtuzumab (Lemtrada) is a recombinant humanized IgG1 kappa monoclonal antibody against cell surface glycoprotein CD 52. It is authorized in more than 65 countries worldwide including the Russian Federation. This is one of the most effective drugs for the treatment of the aggressive form of multiple sclerosis. Its safety profile includes different infusion reactions. Current publication demonstrates our experience of using music therapy during alemtuzumab infusion and its role in the adverse reactions management.

Music Therapy and Aromatherapy Interventions in Patients undergoing Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review

Introduction: The number of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who undergo hemodialysis is increasing every year. Various attempts have been made to maximize the process of hemodialysis, one of which is by providing complementary therapy with music as therapy and through the administration of aromatherapy. The aim of this study was to identify the effectiveness of the use of music therapy and aromatherapy in a patient diagnosed with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis.Methods: The literature review followed on from the identification of the interventions then the studies were identified by keyword according to the topic and title. There were 15 articles that discussed the effect of music therapy and aromatherapy on patients undergoing hemodialysis. The design RCT was 7 articles, 3 quasi-experimental articles, and 5 clinical trial articles.Results: Music can raise the endorphin and serotonin levels and reduce the catecholamine levels, so it can change the respiratory rate and oxygen saturation, improve their quality of sleep and reduce fatigue.Conclusion: Our findings indicate that music therapy and aromatherapy have a positive effect on patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis.

Integrating Music Therapy Into Neuro-Rehabilitation for Improved Patient Experience and Outcomes: A QI Project

Strong evidence for the use of music therapy exists in neuro-rehabilitation, yet it is not part of standard health professional training or care. Neurological inpatients have suffered devastating life-changing injuries or illnesses. Many experience depression, pain or anxiety. Music provides a means of nonverbal expression and connection with caregivers, and can be a powerful motivator in therapies. We aimed to integrate music therapy into inpatient neurological teams by March 2019 to improve patient experience and outcomes.

TERAPI MUSIK DAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN PREOPERASI

Background: Surgery is one of medical interventions which can cause fear, anxiety, and stressed because of its effects toward the integrity of body and soul. Nurses have significant roles in any preoperative care which is helping patients to decrease preoperative anxiety by using complementary therapy. The use of music therapy as one of the complementary therapies is not common in Indonesia. Therefore, scientific studies to prove the role of this therapy to decrease the level of anxiety of pre-operative patients is needed.
 Objective: To investigate the effects of music therapy in reducing anxiety levels of preoperative patients.
 Methods: A quasy experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group was applied to 50 respondents from medical ward in Panembahan Senopati Hospital of Yogyakarta who met the inclusion criteria.Dara were then analyzed by using t-test statistical analysis.
 Results: The control group showed the increased value of anxiety level of0.8 without music intervention (t= -1503, df = 24, p<.05), whereas the intervention group showed the decreased value of anxiety level of -5.52 (t=5.081, df=24, p<.05). Meanwhile the independent t-test results for both groups showed a significant difference between group (t= 3,373, df=48, p<.05).
 Conclusion: Music therapy has significant effect in reducing preoperative anxiety levels of patients.
 Keywords: Anxiety, preoperative, music therapy

Music-Evoked Reward and Emotion: Relative Strengths and Response to Intervention of People With ASD.

This review presents research findings showing that music is a unique domain to assess perception, reward, emotion, and associated physiological reactions and neural circuitry of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is growing evidence, reported in several studies in this review article, indicating that music is a relative strength of people with ASD including musical pitch perception, musical memory, and identification of music-evoked emotions. Listening to music activates neural circuits of reward and emotion response, which are described. Research presented shows adults with ASD also activate these systems when listening to music, although there may be developmental differences in the physiological and neural response to music in childhood and adolescence alongside typical behavioral response. Nonetheless, studies reviewed lend support to the use of music therapy and education for people with ASD, specifically to improve social skills and communication. Neural correlates of response to music therapy and education are also discussed. Taken together, findings reviewed provide evidence for music as a strength-based approach for ASD to assess reward and emotion response and as a powerful tool for intervention.

Use of Music Therapy to Improve Cognition in Older Adults With Dementia: An Integrative Review.

Dementia is considered a public health priority due to physical, psychological, economic, and social repercussions in older adults, their families, and caregivers. To address this issue, healthcare providers can use music therapy as a complementary therapy. This manuscript was elaborated to analyze and synthesize the current evidence of the use of music therapy to improve cognition in older adults with dementia. Using the Whittemore and Knafl (2005) method, databases searched were PubMed, CINAHL, Ovid, EBSCO, ProQuest, and PsycINFO, using the terms such as "Music Therapy," "Acoustic Stimulation," "Music," "Cognition," "Memory," "Attention," "Aged," and "Dementia." Studies that met the eligibility criteria were screened by title, abstract and full text. Quality of the studies were evaluated using critical appraisal tools and Cochrane "Risk of Bias" tool. A total of 211 articles were screened by title and abstract, but only 28 articles met the inclusion criteria and were full text screened. Of the 28 articles, only five studies were analyzed and synthesized as they focused specifically on music therapy and cognition. Three of the studies showed that active and active-passive approaches of music therapy produce significant effect on cognition in older adults with dementia. The common characteristic was the participation of music therapists or music teachers who delivered the music therapy sessions that resulted in improved cognition. As a safe, inexpensive intervention, it should be considered as a complementary therapy to positively impact cognition in older adults with different types of dementia and levels of severity.

The Use of Music Therapy to Improve Non-Verbal Communication Skills for Children with Autism

The Use of Music Therapy to Improve Non-Verbal Communication Skills for Children with Autism

Emotional and Psychological Effect of Music on People

Many of us enjoy music. We listen to it while we study, practice, run, or just while relaxing. However, we may not realize the impact of the music on us, both physically and emotionally. I hypothesize that sedative music will calm and relax, exciting music will bring excitement, and neutral music will bring emotional equilibrium. I also hypothesize that the heart rates of subjects will match the tempo of the song they are listening to. A survey that asked questions about the subject’s emotional state and heart rate was conducted before and after the subjects listened to sedative, exciting, and neutral music. The types of music were chosen because of their predicted effects and because of their differences in tempo. Some of the results were surprising concerning heart rate, while the emotional states aligned better with the hypothesis. For heart rate when listening to sedative music, the heart rates were very similar between subjects. When listening to exciting and neutral music, the heart rates were closer to half of the tempo of the music. Understanding the impacts of music on human beings allows us to use music for the greater good. One example of this could be through the use of music therapy to help everyone but specifically those that are emotionally unstable.

Use of Music Therapy in Aiding the Relaxation of Geriatric Horses

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of music therapy on changes in the level of parameters describing heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) as excitability indicators in geriatric horses. The study involved 20 warmblood geriatric horses, aged 20 years or more. Animals were kept in two identical stables in one facility. Horses from stable No. 1 were considered the experimental group, whereas horses from stable No. 2 constituted a control group. The experiment consisted in playing relaxation new age music to the horses in the experimental group for 28 days use special sound system (MyPetSpeaker). To examine the emotional excitability of horses from both groups, HR and HRV parameters were used. The subsequent measurements were performed morning at rest at 7-day intervals, counting from the first day of the experiment, and four measurements were recorded. HR and HRV measures indicated that daily exposure for several hours to new age music had a positive effect on relaxation of geriatric horses. A short-term effect of 1–2 weeks duration was observed beginning 1 week after onset. Unfortunately, the effect disappears after subsequent 2–3 weeks of therapy application, without leaving spectacular results.

Effects of music therapy on anxiety and physiologic parameters in angiography: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundGiven the anxiety patients experience during angiography, evidence supporting the efficacy of music therapy during these angiographic procedures is potentially of clinical value.ObjectiveTo analyze the existing literature forthe use of...

Fundamentação de um Programa de Musicoterapia Pré-Natal

O uso da musicoterapia no acompanhamento da gravidez e da preparação para o nascimento constitui uma estratégia inovadora para o desenvolvimento do autoconhecimento, da expressão emocional e elaboração de sentimentos ambivalentes e da criatividade e descoberta de competências adaptativas para lidar com a mudança e transformação que o processo de gravidez e parentalidade desencadeia no casal grávido. Partindo das bases teóricas da psicologia da gravidez e das dimensões particulares da música enquanto experiência temporal e de expressão emocional da ambivalência psicológica, será descrita uma teorização acerca dos fundamentos da musicoterapia na gravidez. Como ilustração desta teorização, serão, igualmente, descritas as linhas de orientação e de funcionamento de um programa pioneiro de musicoterapia pré-natal dirigido a casais grávidos a partir das 22 semanas de gestação.

Clinical observations of live improvisational harp music in neonatal intensive care

The use of Music Therapy (MT) in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) has received growing attention through an increasing body of research. MT research in NICUs have shown benefits in the use of both recorded and live music, a recent study has indicated that live music produces more beneficial outcomes in some domains, and is often perceived as more beneficial by parents. As part of the developmental program in a NICU, music therapy by a Registered Music Therapist was implemented for long-stay infants and their families. The live music therapy sessions using a Reverie Harp were simultaneously observed by a health professional who was a certified NIDCAP Professional. A series of infants were observed with music played to their individual responses. The behavioral observations and the responses to the music were consistent with supportive regulation by the infants. Music therapy specifically targeted at longer stay infants was shown to be calming and enabled the infants to regulate their behavior. A planned music therapy program for neonates and their parents in collaboration with an experienced nurse enables the identification of infants and their families who may benefit from the program. Key Words NICU, music therapy, live music, NIDCAP, Neonate

Reconstructing the Boundaries of Dementia: Clinical Improvisation as a Musically Mindful Experience in Long Term Care

This study explores the use of clinical improvisation with clients either showing symptoms of or having a diagnosis of dementia (related symptoms, e.g. social isolation, depression, disorientation, and cognitive deterioration). Many studies have been completed on the use of music therapy with this population; however few have focused on improvisation. This study is unique in that it explores the experiences of improvisation with a focus on musical analysis and meaning. Through a qualitative study of eight weekly sessions with six different female clients, this investigation aims to offer a rich description of moments of improvised music in relation to characteristics that often deteriorate with dementia. A discussion on the transcendence of certain boundaries of dementia through the natural qualities of mindfulness that exist within a musical experience is provided.

Reducing Anxiety through Music Therapy at a Community Residential Alcohol and Drug withdrawal Unit

Anxiety is a main symptom of withdrawal from substances and can be detrimental to treatment. There is little evidence which supports the use of a particular therapeutic treatment in reducing the anxiety associated with withdrawal. This study aimed to reduce anxiety associated with withdrawal through participation in group music therapy for adults admitted to a community residential alcohol and drug withdrawal unit. A quasi-experimental design was adopted, using the self-report Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS) to measure anxiety pre and post a single session. A total of 35 participants attended a one hour music therapy group session and contributed to data collection over ten sessions. A paired two-tailed t-test indicated a highly statistically significant difference (p = <0.0001) between the pre and post session scores, suggesting that music therapy significantly decreased anxiety for participants. The results of this study provide support for the future funding of music therapy programs in inpatient withdrawal settings and contributes to the limited evidence base supporting the use of music therapy for people with substance use disorders.

НУЖНА ЛИ МУЗЫКАЛЬНАЯ ТЕРАПИЯ В ХОСПИСЕ?

The article presents the analysis of scientific research on the use of music therapy in palliative medicine, published in 2016-2018 in journals indexed in science-based databases Scopus and WoS. The analysis shows that music is an effective complement and sometimes an alternative to psychotropic and analgesic drugs, which are widely used in palliative care. The main mechanisms of the music impact on the human body are mediated through the central and autonomic nervous system, due to which it is successfully used to ease the pain syndrome, depression and sleep disorders. Music therapy has established itself as a safe and effective method of suppressing pathological adrenergic influences. This effect increases the oxygen saturation in blood and helps hemodynamic stabilization. Music has a particular value as a means to alleviate the suffering of a dying person. The popularization of the accumulated positive experience of applying music therapy to improve the quality of life of incurable patients and its wide introduction into the work of palliative care units will help to increase the effectiveness of medical care in hospices.