Chronic Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Music Therapy, Chronic Pain, Group Medical Visits, Virtual
Brief summary
Conduct a single-arm pilot study (N = 24) to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the hybrid (i.e., half in-person, half online) POPSINGER group Music Therapy (MT) intervention.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMusic Therapy
A board-certified music therapist will provide a total of 16 MT sessions (8 in-person and 8 virtual) that include education, social connection, and experiential music interventions. These sessions will focus on self-management of pain through evidenced-based MT interventions including music sharing, playlists using the iso-principle, music making, music and guided imagery, music and deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and adapted cardio drumming.
Sponsors
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Kulas Foundation
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adults age 18 and older * Reporting pain on most days per month for a duration of ≥3 months * Independently ambulatory * Willing to participate in full scope of program * Access to internet, active email address, \& laptop, tablet, and/or PC with videoconferencing capabilities * Have reliable access to a mobile device with an active data plan at home and is comfortable accessing the internet and their email with this device * Able to read and understand English
Exclusion criteria
* Significant hearing and/or visual impairment * Have had a major surgery (e.g., spine surgery, joint replacement) within the past 6 months * Have a planned surgery within the next 6 months at the time of enrollment * Unable to independently provide consent (i.e., no proxy consent) * Active suicidal ideation * Severe psychological comorbidity (e.g., psychosis, schizophrenia) that would prevent patient from engaging fully in intervention * Receiving active cancer treatment * Diagnosed with medical condition likely to be terminal within 24 weeks * Active substance abuse diagnosis in EHR * Currently receiving music therapy from a professional music therapist
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants retained as measured by enrollment logs | 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention | A retention rate of ≥70% of recruited participants until the final survey time point. |
| Number of sessions attended per participant as measured by attendance logs | 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention | An attendance rate of ≥11/16 sessions among ≥70% of retained participants. |
| Number of participants completing follow-up measures as measured by data collection logs | 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention | A measure completion rate of ≥70% of follow-up measures among retained participants. |
| Number of participants reporting daily music exercise use in REDCap exercise logs | 8 weeks from the first music therapy intervention | ≥60% of retained MT participants reporting use of music exercises at least once every other day. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAngelique Foss, CHES®, NBC-HWC, LPMT, MT-BC
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
STUDY_DIRECTORSamuel N Rodgers-Melnick, PhD, MPH, LPMT, MT-BC
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Outcome results
None listed