ReviewBrain sciences2022
Music Interventions and Delirium in Adults: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Efficacy of Music in Preventing Delirium in Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Differences Between the Effects of Intraoperative vs Postoperative Preferred Music on Emergence Agitation or Delirium in Elderly Patients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- The research progress of perioperative non-pharmacological interventions on postoperative cognitive dysfunction: a narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of recorded mother's voice on emergence delirium in pediatric patients: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Jornal de pediatriaPooled it
- The Differences Between Intraoperative- and Postoperative-Preferred Music Effects on Emergence Delirium in Elderly Patients: A Single-Center, Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
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- A randomized pilot and feasibility trial of live and recorded music interventions for management of delirium symptoms in acute geriatric patients.BMC geriatrics · 2025Trial
- Music to prevent deliriUm during neuroSurgerY (MUSYC): a single-centre, prospective randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for the Prevention of Postoperative Delirium in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
- Specialized Delirium Care Environments in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Impact of Recorded Music on Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults After Hip Fracture Surgery (IPOD): A Quasi-Experimental Study.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026Article
- Bridging the gap in delirium management: a European comparison of geriatric practices.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Network Meta-analysis of the Efficacy of Different Music Therapy Interventions for Delirium in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2026Article
- Perioperative virtual reality and neuropsychiatric outcomes: a scoping review.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2026Review
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- Evaluating the impact of Age-Adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index on in-hospital complications in patients with femoral fracture: a retrospective cohort analysis from the MIMIC-IV 2.2 database.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Music therapy in addition to music listening for the prevention of delirium in mechanically ventilated patients.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2025Article
- Effects of Chinese traditional five-element music intervention on postoperative delirium and sleep quality in elderly patients after non-cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2024Article
- Live and Recorded Music Interventions to Reduce Postoperative Pain: Protocol for a Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome represented by an acute disturbance in attention, awareness and cognition, highly prevalent in older, and critically ill patients, and associated with poor outcomes. This review synthesized existing evidence on the effectiveness of music interventions on delirium in adults, and music interventions (MIs), psychometric assessments and outcome measures used. We searched MEDLINE, PsychINFO, SCOPUS, Clinical Trials and CENTRAL for quantitative designs comparing any MIs to standard care or another intervention. From 1150 studies 12 met the inclusion criteria, and 6 were included in the meta-analysis. Narrative synthesis showed that most studies focused on prevention, few assessed delirium severity, with the majority of studies reporting beneficial effects. The summary relative risk for incident delirium comparing music vs. no music in postsurgical and critically ill older patients was 0.52 (95% confidential interval (CI): 0.20−1.35, I2 = 79.1%, heterogeneity <0.0001) for the random effects model and 0.47 (95% CI: 0.34−0.66) using the fixed effects model. Music listening interventions were more commonly applied than music therapy delivered by credentialed music therapists, and delirium assessments methods were heterogeneous, including both standardized tools and systematic observations. Better designed studies are needed addressing effectiveness of MIs in specific patient subgroups, exploring the correlations between intervention-types/dosages and delirium symptoms.
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