“Song of Life (SOL)” study protocol: a multicenter, randomized trial on the emotional, spiritual, and psychobiological effects of music therapy in palliative care
Although patients in palliative care commonly report high emotional and spiritual needs, effective psychosocial treatments based on high quality studies are rare. First research provides evidence for benefits of psychosocial interventions in advanced cancer care. To specifically address end-of-life...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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30 January 2019
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BMC palliative care
Year: 2019, Volume: 18, Pages: 1-11 |
| ISSN: | 1472-684X |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12904-019-0397-6 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0397-6 Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-019-0397-6 
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| Author Notes: | Marco Warth, Friederike Koehler, Martin Weber, Hubert J. Bardenheuer, Beate Ditzen and Jens Kessler |
| Summary: | Although patients in palliative care commonly report high emotional and spiritual needs, effective psychosocial treatments based on high quality studies are rare. First research provides evidence for benefits of psychosocial interventions in advanced cancer care. To specifically address end-of-life care requirements, life review techniques and creative-arts based therapies offer a promising potential. Therefore, the present study protocol presents a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a newly developed music therapy technique that is based on a biographically meaningful song (“Song of Life”; SOL). |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 22.02.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1472-684X |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12904-019-0397-6 |