Effectiveness of Music Therapy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Tuberculosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: Music therapy

• Registration Number: NCT01040611
• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Brief Summary

Tuberculosis belongs to chronic diseases as a result of the treatment of disease over a long period, admission to negative pressure isolation wards, and restrictions on visitors. During the in-patient admission, patients are vulnerable to social isolation and separation anxiety. If anxiety sustained, patients' quality of life would be affected. Thus, it is important to improve patients' experience of anxiety. Music has the effectiveness of relaxation, and is helpful to patients' anxious status and physiological responses. This study examined the effectiveness of music therapy on anxiety, depression and physiological responses for patients with tuberculosis.

Detailed Description

The experimental study was conducted on a medical center of North Taiwan. 66 patients with Tuberculosis were included in this study. Patients who fit the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to either experimental or control group. Patients in experimental group could choose a piece of CD and listen to music with earphone for 30 minutes. Patients in control group just rest for 30 minutes. The procedure was implemented once a day, and sustained for total 5 days.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10
• Study First Submitted: 2009-11-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-29
• Primary Completion: 2010-09
• Study Completion: 2010-09
• Status Verified: 2010-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 2010-11-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patient with TB (including patient with drug resistent).
2. Age between 18~65.
3. Conscious Patient without psychiatric/psychological disorders .
4. Patient without Visual, audio disorder.
5. Patient who is able to understand, speak Mandarin and/or Taiwanese, and is able to communicate with written or oral.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Medical history of psychiatric/psychologic disorder, medication history of anti-anxiety or anti-depressant which might affect mental status.
2. Patient with Visual, audio disorder.
3. Patient who is not comply with 5 day music therapy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music therapy	Music therapy	This study examined the effectiveness of music therapy on anxiety, depression and physiological responses for patients with tuberculosis.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Effectiveness of music therapy on anxiety, depression and physiological responses	30 minutes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taipei Medical University -WanFang Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan