A Study of the Experience of Music Therapy in Cancer Patients With Delirium

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer Patients With Delirium
• Interventions: Behavioral: Music therapy; Behavioral: Interviews

• Registration Number: NCT04104217
• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve our understanding of the experience of music therapy by cancer patients with delirium, and the experience of music therapists working with these patients. The researchers are focusing on patients with delirium because of the challenging symptoms of this condition.

At MSK, music therapy is routinely used in patients with cancer. Music therapy sessions are done at the patient's bedside, where the music therapist plays live music on a guitar, keyboard, harp, or percussion instrument, sometimes as accompaniment to singing.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-23
• Study First Submitted: 2019-09-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2019-09-26
• Status Verified: 2023-08
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-18
• Study Completion: 2023-08-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-08-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

• adult patients (ages 18-75) with delirium
• referred for and receive music therapy.
• were identified as having delirium by the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM), Confusion Assessment Method for ICU patients (CAM-ICU) or a documented diagnosis by a clinician from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the patient's electronic medical record (EMR).
• Patients that have had music therapy in the past will be eligible for the study
• Only patients that recover from delirium (per CAM, CAM-ICU, or progress note by a clinician from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) after receiving music therapy will be approached for interview by the researcher.

This study will also include their caregivers, music therapists, primary nurse, and bedside companions who have participated in or observed the participants' response to music therapy.

The music therapist participants are:

• Board-certified senior music therapists with 10 or more years experience in the research site who sign a blanket consent form to participate in study.
• Assigned to eligible patients by Integrative Medicine Service Client Service Representative (CSR).

The caregivers are:

• Family or unrelated adult (>18) caregivers who observed bedside music therapy session(s) with patients meeting inclusion criteria

The staff caregivers are:

• Primary nurse caring for eligible patients who receive their first music therapy session while experiencing delirium.
• Patient care technicians (PCT) assigned as bedside companions for eligible patients who receive music therapy

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Exclusion Criteria

• have a known hearing impairment
• do not speak English.
• are heavily sedated, comatose, or expected to be discharged or expire within 48 hours
• have known comorbidities of delirium tremens, steroid psychosis, or dementia

Caregivers will be excluded from the study if they do not speak English. Music therapists, nurses, or bedside companions will be excluded if they are not assigned to eligible patients.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
patients	Music therapy	Participate in 30-60 minute interviews after each music therapy session.
nurses	Interviews	Participate in 10-15 minute interviews after initial music therapy session.
patients	Interviews	Participate in 30-60 minute interviews after each music therapy session.
caregivers	Interviews	Participate in 30-60 minute interviews after each music therapy session (ideally within 3 days).
nurses	Music therapy	Participate in 10-15 minute interviews after initial music therapy session.
caregivers	Music therapy	Participate in 30-60 minute interviews after each music therapy session (ideally within 3 days).
music therapists	Interviews	Music therapist will notify the researcher if he/she has provided music therapy for a patient who is identified as having delirium. Music therapists will also be interviewed about the clinical process after initial and follow up music sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
thematic analysis of data with music therapists	1 year	by interviews

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
thematic analysis of data with caregivers, nurses, and patients	1 year	by interviews

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States