Personalised music therapy improved some mood measures in selected intensive-care patients
Compared with standard care alone, personalised music therapy plus standard care favoured changes in anger, fatigue, energy and tension among selected intensive-care patients. The size and persistence of these differences were not reported.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The clearest comparative mood findings favoured music therapy for anger, fatigue, energy and tension. Pain and heart rate decreased over time, but the abstract does not clearly identify those as treatment-versus-control effects. An increase in systolic blood pressure, the upper blood-pressure reading, was linked to the intervention. Clinical importance remains unclear.
The trial was open, meaning treatment allocation was known. The abstract gives no effect sizes or assessment interval, limiting judgments about how large or lasting the mood changes were.
Improvement over time is a different comparison
Mood scores improved across the measured areas between assessments. The stronger evidence connecting change to music therapy came from comparing changes between groups, which supported anger, fatigue, energy and tension specifically.
The results apply to selected patients
The trial excluded patients with confusion, agitation and substantial cognitive deficits and used specified Glasgow assessment scores for eligibility. Its findings therefore cannot establish the same mood effects for every patient receiving intensive care.
The original publication
Effect of a music therapy intervention on the mood of the critically ill patient.
Vega Castosa MDM, Jover Sancho MDC, Trujols Albet J
Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed) · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40614689
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