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The MUSICare Project: Effects of Differentiated Music Exposure on Exercise-Related Affect Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatients

The MUSICare Project: Effects of Differentiated Music Exposure on Exercise-Related Affect Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatients

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07305389
Acronym
MUSICare
Enrollment
72
Registered
2025-12-26
Start date
2024-09-01
Completion date
2027-01-30
Last updated
2025-12-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Rehabilitation Exercise

Keywords

cardiac rehabilitation, music, physical activity, affective valence

Brief summary

Affective phenomena, such as core affect, remembered pleasure, or forecasted pleasure, play a key role in promoting physical activity (PA) behaviour, especially among inpatients. The use of music has been shown to be a particularly cost-effective and low-friction approach to promoting positive affective valence during PA. However, interventions using music to improve exercise-related affective phenomena among inpatients are lacking. This study will aim to investigate an intervention that combines the effects of music with the peak-end rule on core affective responses (valence and arousal), remembered pleasure, and forecasted pleasure associated with exercise sessions among cardiac rehabilitation inpatients. The primary objective of the present study will be to examine the effect of differentiated music exposure on core affective responses, ratings of perceived exertion and psychophysiological responses to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), as well as on associated remembered pleasure, exercise enjoyment, and forecasted pleasure. A secondary objective will be to assess the potential mediating effect of affective valence at the end of the MICT on remembered pleasure and exercise enjoyment. A third objective will be to assess the effect of MICT with or without music on an emotional rating task, together with pupillometric measures. Finally, the study will examine the influence of remembered pleasure on subsequent forecasted pleasure.

Interventions

OTHERMusic listening during physical exercise

Exposure to music played at different phases of the physical activity

Sponsors

Elena Tessitore
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Randomised controlled trial with repeated-measures and crossover design with full counterbalancing

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Individuals enrolled in an inpatient 3-week cardiac exercise-based rehabilitation programme * Age range 50-75 years * Can withstand the study protocol without undue risk * Able to provide written consent

Exclusion criteria

* Contraindication to physical activity in view of the health status * Presence of cognitive or psychological disorder * Hearing impairment with or without hearing aids

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Affective valence during the moderate intensity continuous training22 minutesMesured with filling scale (FS)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Affective arousal during the moderate-intensity continuous training25 minutesAffective arousal will be measured at five time points ( Minute 3, Minute 12, Minute 13, Minute 22, and Minute 25) using the Felt Arousal Scale (Svebak & Murgatroyd, 1985), a single-item bipolar rating scale using the sentence How aroused do you actually feel? with possible responses ranging from 1 (low arousal) to 6 (high arousal).
Rating of perceived exertion during the moderate-intensity continuous training5 minutes after each training sessionRemembered pleasure will be measured 5 min after each training session using a visual analogy scale presented on a Samsung Galaxy Tab ranging from -100 (very unpleasant) to +100 (very pleasant) in intervals of 1 (Zenko et al., 2016). Participants will be asked to answer the following question: How did the exercise session make you feel? (Hutchinson et al., 2023).

Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Primary ContactElena Tessitore, MD
elena.tessitore@hcuge.ch+41795532615

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026