Archive for February, 2008
February 29th, 2008 14:02:45
A cure for the soul? The benefit of live music in the general hospital.
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A cure for the soul? The benefit of live music in the general hospital.
Ir Med J. 2007 Nov-Dec;100(10):634-6
Authors: Moss H, Nolan E, O’Neill D
From 2005 to 2006 a professional orchestra (the Irish Chamber Orchestra) performed in a university teaching hospital with the aims of bringing live music to patients who could not access traditional concert venues and of improving quality of life for patients and staff. This was the first time an orchestra was resident in a hospital in the Republic of Ireland. An independent contemporaneous evaluation was carried out to assess the benefit of live music for patients. Live music in hospital was found to enhance the quality of the aesthetic environment of the hospital, with both patients and staff stating that listening to live music helped them to relax, feel happier and more positive. Patients’ perception of the hospital was affected positively by live music in waiting areas. Music was found to have strong emotional effect and the individual preferences and experiences of patients need to be carefully taken into account when programming music in hospital. Listening to live music while in hospital has positive benefits with few negative effects.
PMID: 18277736 [PubMed - in process]
February 28th, 2008 16:02:30
Lullament: Lullaby and Lament Therapeutic Qualities Actualized Through Music Therapy.
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Lullament: Lullaby and Lament Therapeutic Qualities Actualized Through Music Therapy.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2008 Jan 15;
Authors: O’Callaghan C
Lullabies and laments promote new awareness, enculturation, adaptation, and grief expression. These concepts’ relevance to palliative care, however, has not been examined. In this study, a music therapist used a grounded theory-informed design to reflexively analyze lullaby and lament qualities, evident in more than 20 years of personal palliative care practice. Thus, the construct “lullament” emerged, which signified helpful moments when patients’ and families’ personal and sociohistorical relationship with lullabies and laments were actualized. Specific music could be both a lullaby and a lament. A music therapist can enable the lullament through providing opportunities for music-contextualized “restorative resounding,” expressed psychobiologically, verbally, musically, and metaphorically.
PMID: 18198359 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
February 28th, 2008 3:02:58
Effects of music therapy on health-related outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.
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Effects of music therapy on health-related outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.
J Music Ther. 2007;44(3):176-97
Authors: Mandel SE, Hanser SB, Secic M, Davis BA
This study tested effectiveness of music therapy in improving health-related outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation patients. Using a randomized, controlled trial with follow-up, the study was conducted in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program in Ohio. Sixty-eight of 103 recruited patients, 30 to 80 years of age, completed the protocol through posttreatment. Physiological and psychological outcomes were measured. Cardiac rehabilitation patients were randomly assigned to cardiac rehabilitation only or to music therapy plus cardiac rehabilitation. Music therapy included musical experiences, counseling, and Music-Assisted Relaxation and Imagery. The null hypothesis of no differences in health-related outcomes between cardiac rehabilitation patients who experienced cardiac rehabilitation with and without music therapy was rejected due to changes in systolic blood pressure pre to post-treatment. Interpretation of changes at 4 months posttreat-ment in anxiety, general health, and social functioning are limited, due to small sample sizes at follow-up. Pre to post-music therapy session improvements were also reported. Findings suggest that some health-related outcomes may be affected positively by participation in music therapy in addition to cardiac rehabilitation. Attrition contributed to limitations in statistical power.
PMID: 17645384 [PubMed - in process]
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