Pain Management Optimized Through Patient-centered Multi-Session Group Music Therapy Within INteGrative sharEd progRamming: A Single-arm Pilot Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 24
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of participants retained as measured by enrollment logs
Overview
Brief Summary
Conduct a single-arm pilot study (N = 24) to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the hybrid (i.e., half in-person, half online) POPSINGER group Music Therapy (MT) intervention.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adults age 18 and older
- •Reporting pain on most days per month for a duration of ≥3 months
- •Independently ambulatory
- •Willing to participate in full scope of program
- •Access to internet, active email address, \& laptop, tablet, and/or PC with videoconferencing capabilities
- •Have reliable access to a mobile device with an active data plan at home and is comfortable accessing the internet and their email with this device
- •Able to read and understand English
Exclusion Criteria
- •Significant hearing and/or visual impairment
- •Have had a major surgery (e.g., spine surgery, joint replacement) within the past 6 months
- •Have a planned surgery within the next 6 months at the time of enrollment
- •Unable to independently provide consent (i.e., no proxy consent)
- •Active suicidal ideation
- •Severe psychological comorbidity (e.g., psychosis, schizophrenia) that would prevent patient from engaging fully in intervention
- •Receiving active cancer treatment
- •Diagnosed with medical condition likely to be terminal within 24 weeks
- •Active substance abuse diagnosis in EHR
- •Currently receiving music therapy from a professional music therapist
Arms & Interventions
Music Therapy
A board-certified music therapist will provide a total of 16 MT sessions (8 in-person and 8 virtual) that include education, social connection, and experiential music interventions. These sessions will focus on self-management of pain through evidenced-based MT interventions including music sharing, playlists using the iso-principle, music making, music and guided imagery, music and deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and adapted cardio drumming.
Intervention: Music Therapy (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of participants retained as measured by enrollment logs
Time Frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
A retention rate of ≥70% of recruited participants until the final survey time point.
Number of sessions attended per participant as measured by attendance logs
Time Frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
An attendance rate of ≥11/16 sessions among ≥70% of retained participants.
Number of participants completing follow-up measures as measured by data collection logs
Time Frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
A measure completion rate of ≥70% of follow-up measures among retained participants.
Number of participants reporting daily music exercise use in REDCap exercise logs
Time Frame: 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention
≥60% of retained MT participants reporting use of music exercises at least once every other day.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Angelique Foss
Health Coach I
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center