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

ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Status: Completed

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

Treatments: Other: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02255916

MTO_03

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Controll

No Intervention group

Description:

No sound-bed intervention

Music

Experimental group

Description:

live sound-bed music intervention

Treatment:

Other: Music