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Differences in Acceptability of Music Therapy Sessions Played Live Compared to a Recording Thereof
Led by University of Zurich · Updated on 2025-07-11
25
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
122 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
The present study seeks to assess differences in feasibility and acceptability of music therapy played live and listening to a recording thereof at the palliative care ward of the University Hospital Zurich. As a secondary objective the investigators aim to extend the limited findings on the putative effect of music therapy in palliative care populations derived from objective measures of human autonomic response combined with subjective psychological outcomes to support evidence-based medicine. The investigators will implement a commercially available tracker, the wristband 287-2 by Corsano, to investigate multiple simultaneous biomarkers of autonomic response to music therapy and a recording thereof, such as heart rate, heart rate variability, electrodermal activity and distal body temperature. To investigate subjective quality of life and psychological outcomes, the investigators will administer highly validated and widely used questionnaires, namely the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 15 Palliative Care, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Differences in Acceptability of Music Therapy Sessions Played Live Compared to a Recording Thereof
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be 18 years old or older
- Have the capacity to provide informed consent
- Have an established diagnosis of metastatic cancer or severe illness with limited life expectancy
- Be a patient on the palliative care ward at the University Hospital Zurich
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to answer questionnaires due to physical limitations
- Unable to answer questionnaires due to cognitive or linguistic reasons
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8091
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Research Team
D
David Blum, Prof.Dr.med.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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