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Effects of Recorded Music in Heart Failure Patients

NCT02394938 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2017-03-27

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Summary

Aims. To describe a new conceptual framework and to test the effectiveness of a recorded music listening protocol on symptom burden and quality of life in heart failure patients.

Conditions

  • Heart Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

MUSIC

In addition to the standard care,patients assigned to the music group will listen recorded classical music. Music will be delivered with a mp3 Player and headphones Music will be listened by the patient in his home.The music play list will be formed by a classical repertoire.During the intervention patients will be recommended to listen to the music for 3 months. Also patients will be asked to listen to the music once or more than once per day, at any time, for a total of 30 minutes per day.Music will be listen at 50-60 decibels below the threshold of 85 db established for listening to portable media devices such as compact disc and MP3 players.Music in this protocol will have a tempo/rhythm in a range of 60-80 beats per minute (bpm).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Azienda Usl di Bologna

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Cristina Pirazzini, MSN · AUSL Bologna

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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