Music Use and Perceived Psycho-social Benefits of Music of Caregivers of Patients in an Intensive Care Unit

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Completed

• Conditions: Caregivers of ICU Patients
• Interventions: Behavioral: Survey

• Registration Number: NCT03156192
• Lead Sponsor: Yonsei University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate how family caregivers of ICU patients perceive their psycho-social needs and quality of life, how they use music in their everyday life and perceive music as beneficial to themselves. Participants are adult family members of critically ill patients in ICU. After obtaining the informed consent form, a questionnaire will be distributed to each participant.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to investigate how family caregivers of ICU patients perceive their psycho-social needs and quality of life, how they use music in their everyday life and perceive music as beneficial to themselves. Participants are adult family members of critically ill patients in ICU. After obtaining the informed consent form, a questionnaire will be distributed to each participant. The questionnaire consists of Beck Depression Index, Quality of Life scale, and the self-reported items on music use in everyday lives and perceived benefits of music. Based on the completed measures, how caregivers of ICU patients use music and perceive music as beneficial media for their psycho-social health will be analyzed in relation to demographic information and the current level of depression and quality of life.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-16
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-17
• Primary Completion: 2017-07-12
• Study Completion: 2017-07-12
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• primary caregivers (family members) of ICU patients
• aged over 20

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Exclusion Criteria

• the one who have difficulties in verbal communication due to the history of psychiatric illness or cognitive impairment (e.g., dementia)

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Caregivers of ICU patients	Survey	Caregivers (family member) aged over 20 who provides care to ICU patients

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Beck Depression Index	a single point in time obtaining the questionnaire (1 day)
quality of Life questionnaire	a single point in time obtaining the questionnaire (1 day)
self-reported music use and perceived benefits of music questionnaire	a single point in time obtaining the questionnaire (1 day)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of