Brain Injuries, Sleep Disturbance
Conditions
Keywords
Brain injury, Acquired brain injury, Sleep disturbance, Music, Music therapy
Brief summary
An Injury to the brain may lead to sleep-wake disturbances which may negatively influence functional recovery, quality of life and general rehabilitation. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of music listening on sleep disturbances after acquired brain injury (ABI). During a 2 week intervention period patients with ABI will listen to music for appr. 30 minutes before going to sleep. Records of their sleep quality are compared to records of sleep quality from 2 weeks without music intervention. H1 Hypothesis: Music listening (ML) improves sleep quality after ABI in patients. H0 Hypothesis: Music listening (ML) has no effect on sleep quality after ABI in patients.
Detailed description
Participants are recruited from Vejlefjord Rehabilitation - a neurorehabilitation center in Denmark. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria are enrolled in the study after informed consent. Participants are randomly allocated to two conditions (ML+Treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU only in a crossover design. Randomization is done by sealed envelope, and after two weeks of either ML+TAU or TAU the participants switch condition. Participants are asked to select one of four music playlists and listen to it for appr. 30 minutes at bedtime during the intervention period. Participants will rate sleep quality and liking of the intervention. Information about injury, demographic and socioeconomic status are derived from patient journals.
Interventions
OTHERMusic listening
Participants are asked to select one of four music playlists and listen to it for appr. 30 minutes at bedtime during the intervention period.
Sponsors
University of Aarhus
Aalborg University
Vejlefjord Rehabilitation
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* in-patients with ABI being treated at Vejlefjord Rehabilitation during the entire project period * age \> 18 years * sleep-wake disturbances corresponding a score of 5 or more on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). * Mentally and physically capable of administering music equipment, actigraph and self-report questionnaires.
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleep quality | Change from baseline to after the 14-days intervention period | Measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, range 0-21 with higher scores indicating more sleep problems. |
| Objective sleep quality | Change from baseline to after the 14-days intervention period | Measured with wrist-worn actigraphy registrering body movements from which you can derive the sleep-wake pattern. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed