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The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of music therapy on parents' and pediatric patients' perception of the nurse. Both patient (N=40) and parent (N=40) groups were given a post-test after music therapy intervention to...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a lyric analysis and group discussion vs. other music therapy techniques, on values clarification and decision- making styles of adolescent delinquents. Eighteen middle school...
Thirty-six students, twenty-six females and ten male subjects, volunteered from The Florida State University College Of Music to participate in a study to determine the effect of music volume on simulated driving skills. All subjects met...
The purpose of this study was to examine whether or not there was a difference between felt emotion and perceived emotion upon viewing posed facial expressions of four basic emotions matched and mismatched, with a priori music...
This study examined the effects of music therapy on women in early labor. Dependent variables were fetal heart rate (FHR), uterine contraction intensity (UCI), perceptual pain, and perceptual fatigue. Subjects were forty (N=40)...
The aim of this study is to determine whether there is a significant difference between self-reported scores of anxiety, mood state, and pain levels and the physiological comparison of vital signs when patients are allowed to listen to...
These case studies examined the effect of music reinforced nonnutritive sucking on term infants receiving intravenous lines. Intravenous lines are a common invasive procedure that hospitalized infants endure. Subjects were between the...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of singing paired with signing on second language acquisition of university music students under active and passive learning conditions. In addition, emotional states of the subjects...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of choral singing on the blood pressure and oxygen saturation of individuals with Parkinson's disease. The study followed a pre-post test ABA1B reversal design across 4 days, in which...
This study examined the effects of music therapy with a psychoeducation curriculum with 40 heterogeneously diagnosed adult psychiatric patients. This study used two pre/posttests, Life Skills Attitude Questionnaire (LSA) and Community...
There has been much research conducted to determine the effects of gender bias in healthcare fields such as nursing. However, there has been very little research on this subject done in the field of music therapy. This study attempts to...
The Effect of Live Music via the Iso-Priniciple on Pain Management in Palliative Care as Measured by Self-Report Using a Graphic Rating Scale (GRS) and Pulse Rate
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of live music via the iso-principle on pain management in palliative care. A total of forty subjects participated in this study and were evenly divided into two groups: control ...
This study will focus on the effects of live music therapy, on adults, in the emergency room for pain and/or anxiety management and to ascertain benefits for emergency room management and quality of care. Clinical guidelines for...
Current research shows the numerous benefits of music therapy techniques within hospice settings. However, there is little research to show us how often these techniques are differentiated or employed within hospice settings. The purpose...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music therapy on the process of terminal extubation. Subjects were selected from patients who had previously undergone removal from mechanical ventilation and had died under the...
The purpose of this study was to examine whether music therapists should sing in a non-translated, inexperienced foreign language to match the song preference of a client or patient from a different cultural background or whether they...
The Effects of Incrementally Increasing and Decreasing Music Intensity on the Loudness Preference and Behaviors of College Students Performing Either Gross or Fine Motor Activity
This study examined the preference of music loudness that incrementally increased and decreased while subjects performed a gross or fine motor task. A total of 64 college students listened to recorded popular music in the 9-minute...
The Effect of Music Therapy and Songwriting in Anxiety, Depression and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients and Their Families as Measured by Self-Report
The purpose of this study was to examine the quality of life and anxiety/depression level of cancer patients and their families within a hospital setting. Any patient admitted to Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare that met the criteria for...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to development a protocol incorporating music therapy behavior modification techniques with normal development of feeding skills, implement this protocol with infants and young children, and...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in relaxation between subjects participating in music relaxation techniques (n=14) and subjects participating in their daily group sessions (n=13). Subjects consisted of 15 male...
Admission to the hospital can be a highly stressful time for children and their families. Music therapy may be implemented to reduce anxiety, help the child express himself/herself, and alleviate pain, among other goals. Parental...
The application of music therapy with individuals with eating disorders and substance abuse disorders is existent, though there is a limited amount of research that exists in the current literature. Symptoms that are addressed in...
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, early intervention services are offered to children and their families from birth to three years of age. Likewise early childhood special education services are offered from three to...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the existing quantitative research evaluating the effect of sound stimuli on neurologic rehabilitation of upper and lower limbs. Seventeen studies were used in two separate analyses. The first one...
Most mothers would agree that music is a tool they use to calm their baby. Many mothers even use music prenatally for bonding as well as relaxation. The purpose of this study was to discover if having had at least four years of music...
The purpose of this study was to explore the long-term effect of music therapy intervention (in this case, progressive muscle relaxation) on the self-perceived stress levels of nurses compared to nurses not receiving the intervention....
The purpose of this study was to better understand how local veterans use music in their daily lives and attempt to comprehend their interests in music therapy services. Data was analyzed for 45 participants, 36 non-student veterans and...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of family music therapy sessions on the attachment behaviors of children and adolescents in foster and adoptive families. Five identified children/adolescents attended family music...
The Effect of Music vs. Nonmusic Paired with Gestures on Spontaneous Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Skills of Children with Autism Between the Ages 1-5
The purpose of this study was to determine if music vs. nonmusic paired with gestures increased the spontaneous verbal and nonverbal communication in children with autism between the ages 1-5. There was an experimental, music, n=5 group...
This study examined the effects of music therapy paired with deep breathing in the PACU. Dependent variables were amount of pain medication administered (measured in morphine equivalents), hospital length of stay, and perceptual data....
This study investigated the effects of music therapy on pain, anxiety and present and future psychosocial perceptions of cardiac patients. Forty-eight men and women admitted to cardiac progressive care unit of a local regional medical...
The purpose of this master’s thesis was to provide a literature-based summary of premature neonatal physiology and development and its implications for music therapists providing care in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Physiology was...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of auditory distraction on working memory by using verbal recall with a sentence repetition test of 22 sentences. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: the...
The purpose of the study was to explore the music therapy knowledge among college music students in Taiwan. This study chose three groups of students. Group A (n = 50) included Junior and Senior music students who had taken or were...
Nurses comprise the largest single component of hospital staff, and are the primary providers of direct patient care (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011). Nationwide, nursing is the largest healthcare profession, with more...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of group songwriting versus poetry writing on the self-efficacy of adults who are homeless. The study was conducted in the day center of an emergency shelter where participants took...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of live music on anxiety levels in persons waiting in a surgical waiting room as measured by self-report. One hundred ninety-two (192) subjects over the age of 18 and waiting in a...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of familiar live music on the anxiety levels of patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Fifty patients randomly selected were assigned to 2 groups: experimental (n=25) and...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of recorded lullabies on infants undergoing phototherapy. Infants undergo phototherapy to treat hyperbilirubinemia, more commonly known as neonatal jaundice. This study was a pre-test...
The purpose of this study was to determine if physical therapy may be more efficacious with the addition of music than without. Nine subjects who toe-walked and were between the ages of two-six years were selected and recommended for...
The purpose of this study was to assess psychiatric patients' perception of music therapy activity relevance to community life skills versus on-task behavior as an indicator of daily functioning ability. The subjects consisted of nine...
The purpose of this research was to highlight the issues student veterans face when transitioning from active military service, a deployment culture, and an armed forces lifestyle to civilian life, becoming a student-veteran, and an...
Five Case Studies: 1. CT Scanning with Hearing Impaired Children 2. Music Therapy for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Stroke Patients 3. Music Therapy for Non-Patients in a Hospital Setting 4. Review of Pain Assessment Forms and Their Applicability to Music Therapy 5. Guitar Instruction with a Practicum College Student
In children, as in adults, computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans are an invaluable imaging modality that produces a series of images that can detect many conditions. Like any tool, however, inappropriate use has unique implications for...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a six-week music curriculum focused on pre-reading and writing skills among three- to five-year-old children in an inclusive day care setting. Music and language have much in...
Music Therapy with Immigrants from Spanish Speaking Countries: A Survey of Families' Perspectives and Experiences of Music Therapy for Their Loved Ones in Hospice Care
As the need for multicultural awareness continues to grow, it becomes prevalent in a music therapist career to incorporate music interventions that address diverse culturally based populations. This research paper investigates music...
The purpose of this study was to use music to distract and relax pediatric patients during medical procedures. Procedural support via live music therapy interventions included a variety of activities such as music paired with breathing...
Little research exists to determine whether group counseling/therapy services impact immediate post-session behavior of psychiatric patients. The objective of this thesis was to research techniques which facilitate transfer of learning...
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of music therapy on the spirituality of persons in an in-patient hospice unit as measured by self-report. Subjects (N=10) were used as their own control in an ABAB design format....
This study was conducted to assess whether stressed tempo music would effect performance rates of track athletes. The music the athletes listened to was systematically increased over a three-week period to determine if the track athletes...
Although Internet survey research in music therapy has been slowly increasing, surveys regarding music therapy with pediatric patients are nonexistent. The purpose of this study was to examine the demographics, clinical and educational...
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