ArticleJournal of pain research2022
Effects of Music Therapy on Quality of Life in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease (MUSIQOLS): A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.
Article in Journal of pain research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT07653594 (TRANScriptional Pathways Of Surgical Pain Modulated by Music Therapy Exposure), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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TRANScriptional Pathways Of Surgical Pain Modulated by Music Therapy Exposure (TRANSPOSE): A Single Arm Pilot Study
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Music Therapy for Pain Management for People With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psycho-oncology · 2024Trial
- Music Therapy in Preterm Infants Reduces Maternal Distress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Longitudinal effects of inpatient music therapy dosage on pain intensity and opioid utilization among patients with hematologic or oncologic conditions: a retrospective cohort study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
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- Effect of music-guided breathing training combined with singing on pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients: a randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Emergency care for children with sickle cell disease: a focus on pain and fever.Expert review of hematology · 2025Review
- Impact of sociodemographic, clinical, and intervention characteristics on pain intensity within a single music therapy session.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Inpatient Management of Pain Episodes in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Predictors of health-related quality of life in a large cohort of adult patients living with sickle cell disease in France: the DREPAtient study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Patient-reported outcomes in children with sickle cell disease at presentation for an acute pain episode.Blood advances · 2023Article
- Precision, integrative medicine for pain management in sickle cell disease.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Evaluation Model of Music Therapy's Auxiliary Effect on Mental Health Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
- Clinical Delivery and Effectiveness of Music Therapy in Hematology and Oncology: An EMMPIRE Retrospective Study.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
- Music Therapy in Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Surgery (MUSIC PUPS): A Mixed Methods Pilot Study.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- Music as Supportive Care for Young Children with Sickle Cell Disease and their Parents: A Three-phase Qualitative Exploration into the Cultural Relevance of Active Music Engagement with Black Families.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- Effectiveness of music therapy within community hospitals: an EMMPIRE retrospective study.Pain reportsArticle
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- Erratum issued
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10 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a 6-session music therapy protocol on self-efficacy, quality of life, and coping skills in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). PATIENTS AND
methodsUsing a mixed-methods intervention design, adults with SCD (ages 21-57; mean age 32.33) were randomized (1:1) to either 1) a 6-session music therapy (MT) intervention (n = 12) or 2) waitlist control (WLC) (n = 12) using stratified randomization where factors were age in years (≤30 vs >30), and sex (male, female). All participants completed two weeks of daily electronic pain diary entries and self-efficacy, quality of life, and coping skills measures before and after their assigned study condition to explore preliminary efficacy. MT participants were taught music exercises accessed via smartphone and subsequently interviewed to determine feasibility and acceptability.
resultsThe enrollment rate was 89%. All study measures were completed, with high rates of electronic pain diary completion at baseline (70%) and 2-week follow-up (66%). Interviews revealed two overall themes related to MT participants' experience: 1) participants learned new self-management skills and 2) MT improved participants' ability to cope with pain. MT participants demonstrated 100% attendance. In preliminary analyses, MT participants demonstrated significant improvements (means ± SD) in self-efficacy (5.42 ± 5.43,
conclusionPreliminary findings support the feasibility and acceptability of music therapy for home use in adults with SCD. While music therapy may assist adults with SCD in improving self-efficacy and quality of life, subsequent, fully-powered clinical research is needed to determine its efficacy.
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