Short-term Effects of Sound-bed Music Therapy in Healthy Caregivers of a Hospital Oncology Ward (MTO_03)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Adults (Hospital Oncology Ward); Physiological Phenomena (e.g.HRV Parameters); Morphology
• Interventions: Other: Music

• Registration Number: NCT02255916
• Lead Sponsor: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of live sound-bed music on physiological and psychological parameters in staff of a hospital oncology ward.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-09
• Study First Submitted: 2014-09-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-10-01
• Study First Posted: 2014-10-03
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-12
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• signed informed consent of the participant
• affiliation to the staff of the hospital oncology ward

Exclusion Criteria

• insufficient knowledge of the German language
• alcohol, caffeine or nicotine less than 3 hours before the beginning

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music	Music	live sound-bed music intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Basler Mood Questionnaire (BBS)	30 minutes	filled in by the participants four times (before and after the music intervention respectively no intervention)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
additional questions addressing body warmth, subjective painlessness and general mental state	30 minutes	filled in by the participants four times (before and after the music intervention respectively no intervention)
heart rate variability -Parameter (HRV)	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.	Standard Deviation of Normal to Normal (heart rate) (SDNN)
HRV-Parameter	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.	NN50 (the number of pairs of successive NNs that differ by more than 50 ms)
Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale	filled in by the participants as baseline measurement at the beginning
SF-12 Health Survey	filled in by the participants as baseline measurement at the beginning
Electromyography (EMG)	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.	Electromyography of the shoulder muscles
Skin temperature	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
skin conductance	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.	skin conductance measured at the fingertip
Cortisol	20 minutes	via the saliva of the participants before and after the music intervention respectively no intervention
Pulse-Transit-Time (PTT)	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours	Pulse-Transit-Time (ms)
Perfusion-Index (PI)	Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours	Perfusion-Index
Sense of Coherence (SOC-13)	filled in by the participants as baseline measurement at the beginning	questionnaire

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Filderklinik; 🇩🇪 Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany