Effect of music therapy among hospitalized patients with chronic low back pain : a controlled, randomized trial

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of music therapy in hospitalized patients with chronic low back pain.

METHODS: A controlled, randomized study (N = 65). During a stationary rehabilitation stay of 12 days, 65 patients with low back pain were randomized to receive on alternate months standardized physical therapy plus 4 music therapy sessions between day 1 and day 5 (intervention group; N = 33) or standardized physical therapy alone (control group; N =32). Scores for pain (as measured on a visual analogue scale [VAS]), disability (Oswestry index) and anxiety and depression (as measured on the hospital anxiety and depression scale [HAD]) were collected on day 1, 5 and 12. Pain intensity was also evaluated on a VAS just before and after music therapy sessions.

RESULTS: Introduced music therapy sessions during a stationary rehabilitation stay in patients with chronic low back pain reduce pain (-2.0+/-2.7 vs -1.8+/-2.6) but not significantly. However, music therapy significantly (p < 0.01) reduced disability as measured on the Owestry index between day 1 and day 5 (-11.8+/-17.8 vs -2.5+/-9.4), anxiety (-3.5+/-3.7 vs -0.9+/-2.7) and depression (-2.1+/-3.0 vs 0.6+/-2.4). The immediate effect on pain intensity (VAS score) was confirmed (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: Our results confirmed the effectiveness of music therapy for hospitalized patients with chronic low back pain. Music therapy can be a useful complementary treatment in chronic pain and associated anxiety-depression and behavioural consequences.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2005

Erschienen:

2005

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:48

Enthalten in:

Annales de readaptation et de medecine physique : revue scientifique de la Societe francaise de reeducation fonctionnelle de readaptation et de medecine physique - 48(2005), 5 vom: 20. Juni, Seite 217-24

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Intérêt de la musicothérapie dans la prise en charge de la lombalgie chronique en milieu hospitalier (Etude contrôlée, randomisée sur 65 patients)

Beteiligte Personen:

Guétin, S [VerfasserIn]
Coudeyre, E [VerfasserIn]
Picot, M C [VerfasserIn]
Ginies, P [VerfasserIn]
Graber-Duvernay, B [VerfasserIn]
Ratsimba, D [VerfasserIn]
Vanbiervliet, W [VerfasserIn]
Blayac, J P [VerfasserIn]
Hérisson, C [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

English Abstract
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.01.2006

Date Revised 15.11.2006

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM155571958