Differences in Acceptability of Music Therapy Sessions Played Live Compared to a Recording Thereof
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Zurich
About this trial
The present study seeks to assess differences in feasibility and acceptability of music therapy played live and listening to a recording thereof at the palliative care ward of the University Hospital Zurich. As a secondary objective the investigators aim to extend the limited findings on the putative effect of music therapy in palliative care populations derived from objective measures of human autonomic response combined with subjective psychological outcomes to support evidence-based medicine. The investigators will implement a commercially available tracker, the wristband 287-2 by Corsano, to investigate multiple simultaneous biomarkers of autonomic response to music therapy and a recording thereof, such as heart rate, heart rate variability, electrodermal activity and distal body temperature.
To investigate subjective quality of life and psychological outcomes, the investigators will administer highly validated and widely used questionnaires, namely the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 15 Palliative Care, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age >18 years old
Capacity to provide informed consent
Patients with established diagnosis of a metastatic cancer/severe illness with limited life expectancy on a palliative care ward at the University Hospital Zurich
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
music therapy
Other interventionmusic played live by a music therapist
recording
Other interventiona recording of the same music played by the music therapist
Treatment groups
25 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Live then recordingOther 2 interventions
Group B: Recording then liveOther 2 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
intervention-specific acceptability questionnaire based on Theoretical Framework of Acceptability
assesses intervention acceptability, values 8 - 40, higher = better outcome
Time frame
immediately before and after the interventionSecondary outcomes
1
Edmonton Symptom Assessment System
Assesses subjective symptom severity, values 0 - 120, higher = worse outcome
Time frame
immediately before and after the intervention2
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 15 Palliative Care
Assesses subjective quality of life, values 15 - 63, higher = worse outcome
Time frame
immediately before and after the intervention3
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Assesses subjective anxiety and depression, values 0 - 42, higher = worse outcome
Time frame
immediately before and after the intervention4
Qualitative open questions for patients
Assesses subjective experience of the intervention
Time frame
immediately before and after the interventionSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov