Music Therapy Model "The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music" on Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (GIM)

University of Thessaly

Status: Completed

Conditions: Quality of Life; Chronic Pain; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Other: Music therapy-conversation sessions; Other: Music Listening

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04380129

24/4ης/11-3-2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of music therapy and in particular of the model "The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM)" in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in relation to both chronic pain relief and other psychosocial parameters, as well as the effect of the method on caregiver burden.

Enrollment: 74 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
• Over 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria

•None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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74 participants in 2 patient groups

Μusic therapy-conversation sessions

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Music therapy-conversation sessions

Music listening

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Music Listening