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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2025

Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions checklist: explanation and elaboration guide.

Sheri L Robb, K Maya Story, Elizabeth Harman, Debra S Burns, Joke Bradt, Emmeline Edwards, Tasha L Golden, Christian Gold, John R Iversen, Assal Habibi and 4 more

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Implementing video-based group music therapy during cancer treatment: insights from a mixed-methods study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  15. Music-based interventions at workplaces: a scoping review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Sheri L RobbSchool of Nursing and School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
K Maya StorySchool of Medicine and Richard L. Roundbush VA Medical Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Elizabeth HarmanSchool of Nursing and School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Debra S BurnsCollege of Communication and Fine Arts, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States.
Joke BradtDepartment of Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Emmeline EdwardsNational Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Tasha L GoldenCenter for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Christian GoldNORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergan, Norway.
John R IversenDepartment of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Assal HabibiBrain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Julene K JohnsonInstitute for Health & Aging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Miriam LenseSchool of Medicine, Vanderbilt University & Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Susan M PerkinsSchool of Medicine and Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Stacey SpringsFaculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.

Funding

Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer Prevention and ControlT32CA117865 · NCI · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI Victoria Lee Champion, Catherine E Mosher · 2016 to 2026
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA117865
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Detailed intervention reporting is essential to interpretation, replication, and eventual translation of Music-based Interventions (MBIs) into practice. Despite availability of Objective: The purpose of this explanation and elaboration document is to facilitate consistent understanding, use, and dissemination of the revised RG-MBI. Methods: Members of the interdisciplinary expert panel collaborated to create the resulting guidance statement. Results: This guidance statement offers: (1) the scope and intended use of the RG-MBI, (2) an explanation for each checklist item, with examples from published studies, and (3) two published studies with annotations indicating where the authors reported each checklist item. Conclusion: Broader uptake of the RG-MBIs by study authors, editors, and peer reviewers will lead to better reporting of MBI trials, and in turn facilitate greater replication of research, improve cross-study comparisons and meta-analyses, and increase implementation of findings.

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interventionmusicmusic therapyreporting guidelinesreporting quality

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PMID40567875
PMCPMC12188939

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