Greater longevity and mobility have made us more
acutely concerned with death and the process of
dying, resulting in the awareness that dying
individuals and their families have unique needs. To
meet those needs, palliative care programs as total
care have rapidly increased, often including music
therapy. Although music therapy is used with
increasing frequency in these programs, quantitative
studies supporting the effects of music in
qalliative care are lacking. Therefore, this study
was conducted to quantitatively examine the effects
of live music via the iso-princile on pain
management in palliative care. A total of forty
subjects participated in this study and were evenly
divided into two groups. Self-rating of pain and
pulse rate were measured before music and after
music. Results from this study support that the use
of live music via the iso-principle is an effective
tool for pain management in palliative care. This
study should be especially useful to professionals
in hospice and palliative care programs, or anyone
else who may be considering utilizing music therapy
programs in professional health care environments.

Autorentext

Hyo Jung Lee, MT-BC:Studied Music Therapy at Florida State University. Director at So Dam Muscic Therapy clinic Center, Korea.

Klappentext

Greater longevity and mobility have made us more acutely concerned with death and the process of dying, resulting in the awareness that dying individuals and their families have unique needs. To meet those needs, palliative care programs as "total care" have rapidly increased, often including music therapy. Although music therapy is used with increasing frequency in these programs, quantitative studies supporting the effects of music in qalliative care are lacking. Therefore, this study was conducted to quantitatively examine the effects of live music via the iso-princile on pain management in palliative care. A total of forty subjects participated in this study and were evenly divided into two groups. Self-rating of pain and pulse rate were measured before music and after music. Results from this study support that the use of live music via the iso-principle is an effective tool for pain management in palliative care. This study should be especially useful to professionals in hospice and palliative care programs, or anyone else who may be considering utilizing music therapy programs in professional health care environments.