Mindful Melody: Feasibility of Implementing Music Listening on an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit and Its Relation to the Use of As Needed Medications for Acute Agitation

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

172 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-08-16

Study Completion Date

2018-11-16

Brief Summary

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In this quality improvement project, our objectives were to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using music as an adjunct to or replacement of pharmacological interventions for patient agitation on an inpatient psychiatric unit. We hypothesized that music availability would help to reduce agitation and reduce the amount of as-needed medications used for cases of patient agitation.

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Detailed Description

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The number of as-needed medications for agitation was quantified during a three month period during which patients had the option of listening to music in cases of agitation. This was compared to the number of medications needed for agitation during another 3 month period during which music was not available. The medications used were quantified using pharmacy records. Patients and nurses were surveyed to determine how effective and feasible they thought the music intervention was. The study was conducted at the SUNY Upstate University Hospital inpatient psychiatric unit, which is a 24-bed unit. 172 patients were included in the project.

Before starting to offer music, a basic training meeting was held with nursing staff to understand the purpose of the project. Patients participating had the option of selecting a preferred musical genre and they listened to music using wireless headphones. The playlists used were genre playlists automatically generated by Spotify music application. If patients did not like the song that was generated, they had an option to skip the song using their bluetooth headphone controls. Headphones were collected after 30 minutes of listening unless they were return prior to completion of the listening session.

Conditions

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Agitated; State, Acute Reaction to Stress Agitation,Psychomotor

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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When music was available

3 month period during which music was available to patients experiencing agitation

Music

Intervention Type OTHER

If patients experienced agitation, they were able to request to listen to music for 30 minutes. They listened to genre playlists generated by the music application Spotify.

When music was not available

3 month period during which music was not available to patients

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Music

If patients experienced agitation, they were able to request to listen to music for 30 minutes. They listened to genre playlists generated by the music application Spotify.

Intervention Type OTHER