DISTINGUISHING TYPE OF MUSIC-BASED INTERVENTIONS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF REPORTING

Year 2022, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 3 - 10, 31.12.2022

Annie Heiderscheit

Abstract

Music-based interventions have been utilized to address a wide array of health issues and symptoms
for patients in many different clinical settings. This growing body of research surrounding the use of
music-based interventions is due to the acceptability, accessibility, and versatility of music-based
interventions with patients across the lifespan. Further, this has fostered an increasing number of
researchers from diverse disciplines to engage in examining the use of music-based interventions to
meet patient needs. As a result, there is a need for clear, accurate, and detailed descriptions when
reporting music-based interventions. Thorough descriptions of music-based interventions ensure there
is an understanding of how the music was implemented in the study, provides sufficient information
for future researchers to replicate a study, and provides a clear description of the protocol to allow
researchers and clinicians to determine how to tailor and adapt the intervention for the clinical
environment. This article provides descriptions of the different types of music-based interventions and
a rationale for, and the benefit of, providing accurate and detailed narratives of the intervention.
Suggesting guidelines for reporting music-based interventions will be reviewed and four different
music-based intervention studies will be analyzed and reviewed utilizing these suggested guidelines.

Keywords

music-based interventions, reporting guidelines, music listening, music therapy.