ReviewBMC palliative care2018
Patient's and health care provider's perspectives on music therapy in palliative care - an integrative review.
Review in BMC palliative care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04596917 (Music Listening as a Postanesthesia Care Unit), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Music Listening as a Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nursing Intervention After Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Music Intervention on Anxiety, Depression Symptoms and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients: A Meta-Analysis.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2023Pooled it
- Aromatherapy, massage and reflexology: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the perspectives from people with palliative care needs.Palliative medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of single session receptive music therapy on anxiety and vital parameters in hospitalized Covid-19 patients: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- The role of music therapy in palliative and end-of-life care: a narrative review of psychosocial outcomes.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Biological Effects of Music Therapy in End-of-Life Care: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- The Arts Therapies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Insights from a Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange Forum.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Allies not enemies-creating a more empathetic and uplifting patient experience through technology and art.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025Review
- "It was 15 minutes without pain" - a mixed methods pilot study on the implementation of music therapy for hospitalised patients with incurable lung disease.European clinical respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Fostering Pre-Professionals and Learning Experiences in End-of-Life Care Contexts: Music Therapy Internship Supervision.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Development and Psychometric Test of the Inpatients Experiences Measurement Scale (IEMS).Patient preference and adherence · 2024Article
- Soothe the savage beast: Patient perceptions of the benefits of music therapy in an inpatient rehabilitation facility.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Intersections of the arts and art therapies in the humanization of care in hospitals: Experiences from the music therapy service of the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Music Therapy and Nursing Cotreatment in Integrative Hospice and Palliative Care.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association · 2021Article
- GPR182 is an endothelium-specific atypical chemokine receptor that maintains hematopoietic stem cell homeostasis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Inducing a sense of worthiness in patients: the basis of patient-centered palliative care for cancer patients in Iran.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Music as medicine: a way to buoy staff morale in the age of COVID-19.Internal medicine journal · 2021Article
- Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study.The Arts in psychotherapy · 2020Article
- Complementary music therapy for cancer patients in at-home palliative care and their caregivers: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- Music in palliative care: a qualitative study with patients suffering from cancer.BMC palliative care · 2019Article
- The Power of Music: Enhancing Muscle Strength in Older People.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of music as therapy in multidisciplinary end-of-life care dates back to the 1970s and nowadays music therapy (MT) is one of the most frequently used complementary therapy in in-patient palliative care in the US. However existing research investigated music therapy's potential impact mainly from one perspective, referring to either a quantitative or qualitative paradigm. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the users' and providers' perspectives on music therapy in palliative care within one research article.
methodsA systematic literature search was conducted using several databases supplemented with a hand-search of journals between November 1978 and December 2016. Inclusion criteria were: Music therapy with adults in palliative care conducted by a certified music therapist. Both quantitative and qualitative studies in English, German or a Scandinavian language published in peer reviewed journals were included. We aimed to identify and discuss the perspectives of both patients and health care providers on music therapy's impact in palliative care to forward a comprehensive understanding of it's effectiveness, benefits and limitations. We investigated themes mentioned by patients within qualitative studies, as well as commonly chosen outcome measures in quantitative research. A qualitative approach utilizing inductive content analysis was carried out to analyze and categorize the data.
resultsTwelve articles, reporting on nine quantitative and three qualitative research studies were included. Seven out of the nine quantitative studies investigated pain as an outcome. All of the included quantitative studies reported positive effects of the music therapy. Patients themselves associated MT with the expression of positive as well as challenging emotions and increased well-being. An overarching theme in both types of research is a psycho-physiological change through music therapy.
conclusionsBoth quantitative as well as qualitative research showed positive changes in psycho-physiological well-being. The integration of the users´ and providers´ perspectives within future research applicable for example in mixed-methods designs is recommended.
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