An interventional study of Music in Healthy Adults (Hospital Oncology Ward), Physiological Phenomena (e.g.HRV Parameters) and Morphology, sponsored by ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-01-13.
Sponsored by ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of live sound-bed music on physiological and psychological parameters in staff of a hospital oncology ward.
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Exclusion Criteria:
No sound-bed intervention
live sound-bed music intervention
Other: Music
live sound-bed music intervention
Basler Mood Questionnaire (BBS)
filled in by the participants four times (before and after the music intervention respectively no intervention)
Time frame: 30 minutes
additional questions addressing body warmth, subjective painlessness and general mental state
filled in by the participants four times (before and after the music intervention respectively no intervention)
Time frame: 30 minutes
heart rate variability -Parameter (HRV)
Standard Deviation of Normal to Normal (heart rate) (SDNN)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
HRV-Parameter
Root Mean Square of the Successive Differences (RMSSD)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
HRV-Parameter
pNN50 (the proportion of NN50 divided by total number of NNs)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
HRV-Parameter
ratio low frequency to high frequency (LF/HF)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
HRV-Parameter
very low frequency (VLF)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
HRV-Parameter
NN50 (the number of pairs of successive NNs that differ by more than 50 ms)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale
Time frame: filled in by the participants as baseline measurement at the beginning
Sense of Coherence (SOC-13)
questionnaire
Time frame: filled in by the participants as baseline measurement at the beginning
SF-12 Health Survey
Time frame: filled in by the participants as baseline measurement at the beginning
Electromyography (EMG)
Electromyography of the shoulder muscles
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
Skin temperature
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
skin conductance
skin conductance measured at the fingertip
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours.
Cortisol
via the saliva of the participants before and after the music intervention respectively no intervention
Time frame: 20 minutes
Pulse-Transit-Time (PTT)
Pulse-Transit-Time (ms)
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours
Perfusion-Index (PI)
Perfusion-Index
Time frame: Physiological parameters are measured twice over a period of 2 hours
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