Effects of Music Listening on Mood in an Inpatient Rehabilitation v1.0

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A single case experimental design study exploring the effect of music in an inpatient neuropsychological rehabilitation setting.

• IRAS ID

  261210

• Contact name

  Giulia Bellesi

• Contact email

  giulia.bellesi@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  King's College Hospital

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 28 days

• Research summary

  The study aim is to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of music intervention as a method to improve low mood in stroke patients at an inpatient rehabilitation unit when compared to treatment as usual (i.e. multidisciplinary rehabilitation sessions). Additionally, the study will look at the intervention’s effect on cognitive function and the patients’ engagement in therapy. It is hypothesised that music intervention should be feasible on the basis of previous research (Baylan et al., 2018), in addition to being an effective method for improving mood, cognitive impairment and therapy engagement in stroke patients at a rehabilitation unit. Such a study will provide evidence to support music intervention as an inexpensive and simple method to improve mood and cognitive function after stroke, as well as, therapy engagement.
  To examine these hypotheses, a single-case experimental design study will be utilised, which allows participants to act as their own controls and takes into account individual differences (Rassafiani & Sahaf, 2010). Specifically, a non-concurrent multiple baseline design will be used. SCEDs have been previously used to report the effects of therapy on individuals with brain damage (Ouellet & Morin, 2007). Participants will be recruited from Orpington Hospital’s Frank Cooksey Rehabilitation Unit, and if needed, from its Ontario Ward. The study will last for 8 weeks with participants going through both the baseline (standard treatment) and intervention (standard treatment and music) phases. As there will be three different baselines, participants will be randomly assigned to one of the three while they will all undergo an intervention of the same duration. The study is part of an MSc research project, therefore, there is a £500 budget that will cover material and research costs (e.g., headphone covers, lockers for iPods) from King’s College London.

• REC name

  West of Scotland REC 4

• REC reference

  19/WS/0101

• Date of REC Opinion

  15 Oct 2019

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion