Francesco Burrai1, Rossella Lupi2, Marco Luppi3, Valentina Micheluzzi4, Gabriele Donati5, Gaetano Lamanna5, Rajeev Raghavan6. 1. 1 Health Care Providers Service, Olbia, Italy. 2. 2 University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy. 3. 3 Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 4. 4 University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy. 5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 6. 6 Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Selzman Institute for Kidney Health, Houston, TX, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Participation in music therapy is associated with improved psychological and physical indices among chronically ill patients. Listening to music during hemodialysis treatments positively affects patients' hemodynamics, laboratory values, quality of life, and physical symptoms. The effect of live singing during hemodialysis treatments, however, has not previously been studied. METHODS: A total of 24 participants with a diagnosis of end-stage kidney disease participated in the study. The vocalist was a musically trained dialysis nurse. Twelve of the patients listened to 15 min of live singing during 6 consecutive hemodialysis sessions, while the other 12 underwent standard hemodialysis. After a washout period of 2 days, the two groups were reversed. RESULTS: Listening to live music was associated with improvements in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, better quality of sleep, fewer cramps, and reduced anxiety/depression, pain, and itching ( p < .05, all values). CONCLUSIONS: Listening to live music during hemodialysis is an effective and potentially low-cost therapy for the dialysis care team to employ during hemodialysis treatments.
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BACKGROUND: Participation in music therapy is associated with improved psychological and physical indices among chronically ill patients. Listening to music during hemodialysis treatments positively affects patients' hemodynamics, laboratory values, quality of life, and physical symptoms. The effect of live singing during hemodialysis treatments, however, has not previously been studied. METHODS: A total of 24 participants with a diagnosis of end-stage kidney disease participated in the study. The vocalist was a musically trained dialysis nurse. Twelve of the patients listened to 15 min of live singing during 6 consecutive hemodialysis sessions, while the other 12 underwent standard hemodialysis. After a washout period of 2 days, the two groups were reversed. RESULTS: Listening to live music was associated with improvements in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, better quality of sleep, fewer cramps, and reduced anxiety/depression, pain, and itching ( p < .05, all values). CONCLUSIONS: Listening to live music during hemodialysis is an effective and potentially low-cost therapy for the dialysis care team to employ during hemodialysis treatments.
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Keywords:
end-stage kidney disease; hemodialysis; holistic nursing; music; music therapy
Authors: Tasha L Golden; Laura Tetreault; Caitlin E Ray; Maria Nagae Kuge; Alyssa Tiedemann; Susan Magsamen Journal: Community Ment Health J Date: 2021-06-08