Tuberculosis
Conditions
Keywords
music therapy, Tuberculosis, anxiety, physiological response
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.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMusic therapy
Patients who fit the inclusion criteria were random 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.
Sponsors
Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Effectiveness of music therapy on anxiety, depression and physiological responses | 30 minutes |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed