Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Music therapy for people with chronic pain: facilitators and barriers.
View through CrossRef
The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of music therapy among those living with chronic pain, and the possible facilitators and barriers to music therapy if offered as part of treatment. Following ethical approval, a convenience sample of 105 adult participants, who attended multisite pain clinics were included. Quantitative data were collected through an eighteen-item questionnaire using a Likert scale. Eighty-nine per cent of participants believe that music can improve mood, and 86% perceive health benefits from music. 81% agree that music can be a valuable self-help tool. However, 45% reported that they had not heard of music therapy. The majority (60%) would like to attend music therapy if it was offered as part of their pain management. For some, use of technology (9%), internet connection (15%), and private space (16%) were identified as barriers to accessing music therapy online. Music therapy has the potential to be a part of a person-centered care plan for those with chronic pain. Currently, music therapy is not an accessible treatment option. Healthcare providers should consider music therapy as a part of a chronic pain treatment plan, and future studies should be directed to evaluating its efficacy in chronic pain.
International Association for Music and Medicine
Title: Music therapy for people with chronic pain: facilitators and barriers.
Description:
The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of music therapy among those living with chronic pain, and the possible facilitators and barriers to music therapy if offered as part of treatment.
Following ethical approval, a convenience sample of 105 adult participants, who attended multisite pain clinics were included.
Quantitative data were collected through an eighteen-item questionnaire using a Likert scale.
Eighty-nine per cent of participants believe that music can improve mood, and 86% perceive health benefits from music.
81% agree that music can be a valuable self-help tool.
However, 45% reported that they had not heard of music therapy.
The majority (60%) would like to attend music therapy if it was offered as part of their pain management.
For some, use of technology (9%), internet connection (15%), and private space (16%) were identified as barriers to accessing music therapy online.
Music therapy has the potential to be a part of a person-centered care plan for those with chronic pain.
Currently, music therapy is not an accessible treatment option.
Healthcare providers should consider music therapy as a part of a chronic pain treatment plan, and future studies should be directed to evaluating its efficacy in chronic pain.
Related Results
Anxiety and Depression in Bidirectional Relations Between Pain and Smoking
Anxiety and Depression in Bidirectional Relations Between Pain and Smoking
Pain and tobacco smoking are highly prevalent and comorbid conditions that impose considerable burdens on individuals and health care systems. A recently proposed reciprocal model ...
The Diagnostic Yield of Upper GI Endoscopy in Patients Iron Deficiency Anemia and/or Chronic Diarrhea; With a Special Focus on Celiac Disease
The Diagnostic Yield of Upper GI Endoscopy in Patients Iron Deficiency Anemia and/or Chronic Diarrhea; With a Special Focus on Celiac Disease
Aim of the Study: According to published guidelines, an upper Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy with duodenal biopsy sampling should be performed in patients with Iron Deficiency Ane...
Creating an Art Therapy Anger Management Protocol for Male Inmates Through a Collaborative Relationship
Creating an Art Therapy Anger Management Protocol for Male Inmates Through a Collaborative Relationship
A training partnership was established with the Florida Department of Corrections in 2003, and over the ensuing years, art therapy graduate student interns from Florida State Unive...
Meeting Art with Art: Arts-Based Methods Enhance Researcher Reflexivity in
Research with Mental Health Service Users
Meeting Art with Art: Arts-Based Methods Enhance Researcher Reflexivity in
Research with Mental Health Service Users
Abstract
This paper presents a rationale for arts-based practices in music therapy research, and provides an example of using ABR techniques in research. Arts-based ...
Retuning music teaching: Online music tutorials preferences as predictors of amateur musicians’ music self-efficacy in informal music learning
Retuning music teaching: Online music tutorials preferences as predictors of amateur musicians’ music self-efficacy in informal music learning
Music self-efficacy has been acknowledged as a strong predictor of successful performance among musicians and music students, but is less researched among amateur musicians. The pu...
Barriers to Innovations and Innovative Performance of Companies: A Study from Ecuador
Barriers to Innovations and Innovative Performance of Companies: A Study from Ecuador
This research aimed to examine the relationship between the barriers to the development of innovation and innovative performance. This is a quantitative, not experimental, cross-se...
Music and communication in music psychology
Music and communication in music psychology
There is a general consensus that music is both universal and communicative, and musical dialogue is a key element in much music-therapeutic practice. However, the idea that music ...
The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in Reducing Depression in Prison Populations
The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in Reducing Depression in Prison Populations
Major obstacles block the effectiveness of therapy in prison. Many inmates have an inherent mistrust for verbal disclosure. Rigid defenses exist for basic survival. Despite these d...