Inpatient Massage Therapy Versus Music Therapy Versus Usual Care: A Mixed-methods Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

Eric JRoseen¹ 

关键词: patient experience;    patient satisfaction;    Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers;    Systems;    massage therapy;    music therapy;    inpatient medicine;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2164957X17735816

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLittle is known about the feasibility of providing massage or music therapy to medical inpatients at urban safety-net hospitals or the impact these treatments may have on patient experience.ObjectiveTo determine the feasibility of providing massage and music therapy to medical inpatients and to assess the impact of these interventions on patient experience.DesignSingle-center 3-arm feasibility randomized controlled trial.SettingUrban academic safety-net hospital.PatientsAdult inpatients on the Family Medicine ward.InterventionsMassage therapy consisted of a standardized protocol adapted from a previous perioperative study. Music therapy involved a preference assessment, personalized compact disc, music-facilitated coping, singing/playing music, and/or songwriting. Credentialed therapists provided the interventions.MeasurementsPatient experience was measured with the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) within 7 days of discharge. We compared the proportion of...

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