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Music Therapy for Palliative Care Patients

NCT02791048 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2019-03-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to find out if music therapy is effective in improving the quality of life of palliative care patients. It will do this by comparing palliative care patients who receive music therapy with those who do not receive music therapy.

Conditions

  • Palliative Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music therapy

Music therapy is a clinical intervention conducted by qualified therapists who use shared music-making and improvisation to engage and interact with the client (s) in order to work towards specific therapeutic objectives. This is the aim of sessions, rather than the teaching or utilising of any musical skills, and clients do not have to have any prior musical training or experience whatsoever in order to participate in and benefit from music therapy. The intervention is client-led and the therapist will guide the patient in a range of strategies and activities appropriate to the therapeutic aims in place. Sessions can be individual, or family members can also be involved if appropriate and desired.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marie Curie Hospice, Belfast

    collaborator OTHER

  • Every Day Harmony Music Therapy (Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Queen's University, Belfast

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joanne Reid, Dr · School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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