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The caregiver experience : the impact of environmental music therapy in the surgical intensive care unit

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Music therapy
 Music therapy -- Hospital care
 Caregivers
 Environmental Music Therapy
 Intensive care units -- New York (State) -- New York
 Mount Sinai Beth Israel
 Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Music
 Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychology
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2016-12
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This study examines the effects of an Environmental Music Therapy (EMT) protocol on the caregiver experience in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). For the purpose of this study, EMT may be understood as a music therapy intervention designed to implement live music that attunes to the sonic environment of a medical unit while gradually shifting to address psychological, physical, and contextual needs of caregivers. In this study, caregivers are defined as family members and loved ones, ages 18 an older, involved in active care of related patients within the SICU at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. An experimental design was implemented via examining one group’s pre and post-intervention surveys. Results did not indicate statistically significant impact of an EMT protocol on caregiver experience in regards to interactions with staff, perceived pain of patients, or ability of music to mask/blend with noxious environmental sounds. However, without regard to statistical significance, results do indicate preliminary levels of impact of EMT on caregiver experience in the SICU. Small sample size may be accountable for lack of statistical significance given preliminary results. This research study, while unable to yield significant results, may point to a need for future research regarding the use of music therapy interventions within intensive care unit environments.
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