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| Title |
Patient’s and health care provider’s perspectives on music therapy in palliative care – an integrative review
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| Published in |
BMC Palliative Care, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12904-018-0286-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
W. Schmid, J. H. Rosland, S. von Hofacker, I. Hunskår, F. Bruvik |
| Abstract |
The use of music as therapy in multidisciplinary end-of-life care dates back to the 1970s and nowadays music therapy (MT) is one of the most frequently used complementary therapy in in-patient palliative care in the US. However existing research investigated music therapy's potential impact mainly from one perspective, referring to either a quantitative or qualitative paradigm. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the users' and providers' perspectives on music therapy in palliative care within one research article. A systematic literature search was conducted using several databases supplemented with a hand-search of journals between November 1978 and December 2016. Inclusion criteria were: Music therapy with adults in palliative care conducted by a certified music therapist. Both quantitative and qualitative studies in English, German or a Scandinavian language published in peer reviewed journals were included. We aimed to identify and discuss the perspectives of both patients and health care providers on music therapy's impact in palliative care to forward a comprehensive understanding of it's effectiveness, benefits and limitations. We investigated themes mentioned by patients within qualitative studies, as well as commonly chosen outcome measures in quantitative research. A qualitative approach utilizing inductive content analysis was carried out to analyze and categorize the data. Twelve articles, reporting on nine quantitative and three qualitative research studies were included. Seven out of the nine quantitative studies investigated pain as an outcome. All of the included quantitative studies reported positive effects of the music therapy. Patients themselves associated MT with the expression of positive as well as challenging emotions and increased well-being. An overarching theme in both types of research is a psycho-physiological change through music therapy. Both quantitative as well as qualitative research showed positive changes in psycho-physiological well-being. The integration of the users´ and providers´ perspectives within future research applicable for example in mixed-methods designs is recommended. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 26 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 8% |
| India | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 2 | 8% |
| Norway | 2 | 8% |
| Austria | 1 | 4% |
| Colombia | 1 | 4% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Portugal | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 65% |
| Scientists | 7 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 232 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 232 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 5% |
| Other | 32 | 14% |
| Unknown | 100 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 50 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 10% |
| Psychology | 15 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 23 | 10% |
| Unknown | 100 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 October 2021.
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#1,740,620
of 25,067,172 outputs
Outputs from BMC Palliative Care
#139
of 1,453 outputs
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#37,262
of 336,760 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Palliative Care
#12
of 44 outputs
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