June 2024 Monthly Literature search – Music in Medicine
This month’s literature search investigates music-based interventions on various populations as a safe, non-pharmacological treatment. Reviews discuss music therapy and its effect on a range of issues, from pain reduction to providing therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Online Resources/Grey literature
The medicine of music. (2021, December 16). Health & Wellbeing Queensland. https://hw.qld.gov.au/blog/the-medicine-of-music/
Music therapy for mental health. (2024). Australian Music Therapy Association. https://www.austmta.org.au/consumers-resources/music-therapy-for-mental-health/
Music therapy. (2024, January 24). Schools Vic. https://www.schools.vic.gov.au/music-therapy
Music therapy. (2023, May 29). NSW Health, NSW Government. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/workforce/modelling/Pages/music-therapy.aspx
Full-text articles (Click on the title to access full text)
Siemer, C. P., Siemer, L. C., & Schlesinger, J. J. (2023). Music in medicine: novel use of an ancient medium. Anesthesia and Analgesia, 137(3), 708–713. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000006359
Hennenberg, J., Hecking, M., Sterz, F., Hassemer, S., Kropiunigg, U., Debus, S., Stastka, K., & Löffler-Stastka, H. (2023). Exploring the synergy of music and medicine in healthcare: expert insights into the curative and societal role of the relationship between music and medicine. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(14), 6386. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146386
Mohanasundari, S. K., Thanigainathan, S., & Padmaja, A. (2023). Comparison of music medicine intervention and visual imagery techniques and conventional treatment alone on preoperative anxiety among children undergoing surgery – a randomized control trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 53, 101799–101799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2023.101799
Costa, V. S., Bündchen, D. C., Sousa, H., Pires, L. B., & Felipetti, F. A. (2022). Clinical benefits of music‐based interventions on preterm infants’ health: a systematic review of randomised trials. Acta Paediatrica, 111(3), 478–489. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.16222
Ting, B., Tsai, C.-L., Hsu, W.-T., Shen, M.-L., Tseng, P.-T., Chen, D. T.-L., Su, K.-P., & Jingling, L. (2022). Music intervention for pain control in the pediatric population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(4), 991-. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11040991
Monsalve-Duarte, S., Betancourt-Zapata, W., Suarez-Cañon, N., Maya, R., Salgado-Vasco, A., Prieto-Garces, S., Marín-Sánchez, J., Gómez-Ortega, V., Valderrama, M., & Ettenberger, M. (2022). Music therapy and music medicine interventions with adult burn patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Burns, 48(3), 510–521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.11.002
Alpert, J. S. (2022). Medicine and music – is there a connection? The American Journal of Medicine, 135(6), 663–664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.11.003
Victorino, D. B., Scorza, C. A., Fiorini, A. C., Finsterer, J., & Scorza, F. A. (2021). “Mozart effect” for Parkinson’s disease: music as medicine. Neurological Sciences, 42(1), 319–320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04537-9
Mayer-Benarous, H., Benarous, X., Vonthron, F., & Cohen, D. (2021). Music therapy for children with autistic spectrum disorder and/or other neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 643234–643234. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643234
Yang, T., Wang, S., Wang, R., Wei, Y., Kang, Y., Liu, Y., & Zhang, C. (2021). Effectiveness of five-element music therapy in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 44, 101416–101416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101416
Jiang, X., Gao, J., & Zheng, Y. (2021). Effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine music therapy on anxiety and depression emotions of lung cancer patients: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore), 100(12), e25040–e25040. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000025040
Zyromski, N. J. (2020). Music, Medicine, and Mind. The American Journal of Surgery, 219(3), 386–389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.11.036
Mojtabavi, H., Saghazadeh, A., Valenti, V. E., & Rezaei, N. (2020). Can music influence cardiac autonomic system? A systematic review and narrative synthesis to evaluate its impact on heart rate variability. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 39, 101162–101162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2020.101162
Lam, H. L., Li, W. T. V., Laher, I., & Wong, R. Y. (2020). Effects of music therapy on patients with dementia—a systematic review. Geriatrics (Basel), 5(4), 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics5040062