Date of Award
2016
Degree Type
Selective Evidence-Based Medicine Review
Degree Name
Master of Science in Health Sciences - Physician Assistant
Department
Physician Assistant Studies
Department Chair
John Cavenagh, MBA, PhD, PA-C
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this selective EBM review is to determine whether or not music therapy reduces anxiety levels in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing hemodialysis.
STUDY DESIGN: Systematic Review of two randomized controlled trials and one crossover study published in English in 2008, 2012 and 2013, respectively.
DATA SOURCES: Two non-blind randomized controlled trials and one cross-over study were found via PubMed and EBSCOhost databases.
OUTCOMES MEASURED: Subjective Anxiety Levels were measured in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis pre and posttest via patient self-reporting. An anxiety level survey graded on a scale of 1-10 was used in the study by Binson et all. The State-Trait Anxiety Index was utilized in the studies by Pothoulaki et all and Cantekin et all.
RESULTS: All three studies demonstrated a statistically significant change in post-test anxiety levels in the ESRD patients who were surveyed following music therapy which was during their dialysis sessions.
CONCLUSIONS: Music therapy seems to be effective in ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis treatments, however the effects of repeated, non-novel music therapy interventions over the course of time are not known.
Recommended Citation
Konopacki, Andrew C., "Does Music Therapy Reduce Anxiety Levels in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis?" (2016). PCOM Physician Assistant Studies Student Scholarship. 278.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/pa_systematic_reviews/278
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