The Effect of Relaxation Music Listening on Sleep Quality in Traumatized Refugees: A Pilot Study

Jespersen, Kira Vibe; Vuust, Peter

doi:10.1093/jmt/49.2.205

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“…The pQoL reflects aspects of bodily self‐image, negative and positive feelings, self‐esteem and personal beliefs. This result is consistent with other studies on music and sleep that have reported improvements in mood and well‐being (Harmat et al., ; Jespersen & Vuust, ). The effect of music on well‐being and quality of life is important as daytime impairment is often the main concern of persons with insomnia and the reason for seeking treatment (Morin & Benca, ).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…In the present study, we included objective measures of sleep using actigraphy and PSG, and baseline measures revealed few severe disturbances of these sleep aspects in our sample. Mean WASO resembled the values found in insomnia populations, whereas TST and SE seemed less affected (Baglioni et al, 2014 (Harmat et al, 2008;Jespersen & Vuust, 2012). The effect of music on well-being and quality of life is important as daytime impairment is often the main concern of persons with insomnia and the reason for seeking treatment (Morin & Benca, 2012).…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Secondly, previous results are limited by substantial risk of bias due to methodological limitations such as quasi-randomization procedures (Ardabili, Abdi, Ghezeljeh, Fatemeh, & Hosseini, 2016;Hernández-Ruiz, 2005;Jespersen & Vuust, 2012), group procedure differences (Harmat et al, 2008) and no blinding of outcome raters (Lai & Good, 2005;Shum et al, 2014). It could be that previous studies have over-estimated the effect of music using designs with substantial risk of bias.…”

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A randomized controlled trial of bedtime music for insomnia disorder

Jespersen

Otto

Kringelbach

et al. 2019

Journal of Sleep Research

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Summary Music is often used as a self‐help tool to alleviate insomnia. To evaluate the effect of bedtime music listening as a strategy for improving insomnia, we conducted an assessor‐blinded randomized controlled trial. Fifty‐seven persons with insomnia disorder were included and randomized to music intervention (n = 19), audiobook control (n = 19) or a waitlist control group (n = 19). The primary outcome measure was the Insomnia Severity Index. In addition, we used polysomnography and actigraphy to evaluate objective measures of sleep, and assessed sleep quality and quality of life. The results showed no clear effect of music on insomnia symptoms as the group × time interaction only approached significance (effect size = 0.71, p = .06), though there was a significant improvement in insomnia severity within the music group. With regard to the secondary outcomes, we found a significant effect of the music intervention on perceived sleep improvement and quality of life, but no changes in the objective measures of sleep. In conclusion, music listening at bedtime appears to have a positive impact on sleep perception and quality of life, but no clear effect on insomnia severity. Music is safe and easy to administer, but further research is needed to assess the effect of music on different insomnia subtypes, and as an adjunctive or preventive intervention.

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A randomized controlled trial of bedtime music for insomnia disorder

Jespersen

Otto

Kringelbach

et al. 2019

Journal of Sleep Research

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“…In previous trials, the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) on PSQI was considered 2.5 scale points. This trial aims to detect a clinically important difference between TAU and add-on treatment and not merely a statistically significant difference and hence MCID was set to 2.5 scale points on the PSQI and the within-groups standard deviation was set to 3 scale points [ 68 ]. With a power of 90% and alpha 0.05 we estimated a sample size for each group of 32 and a total of 128.…”

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Treatment of sleep disturbances in trauma-affected refugees: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Sandahl

Jennum

Baandrup

et al. 2017

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BackgroundSleep disturbances are often referred to as a hallmark and as core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Untreated sleep disturbances can contribute to the maintenance and exacerbation of PTSD symptoms, which may diminish treatment response and constitute a risk factor for poor treatment outcome. Controlled trials on treatment of sleep disturbances in refugees suffering from PTSD are scarce. The present study aims to examine sleep-enhancing treatment in refugees with PTSD. We aim to assess if add-on treatment with mianserin and/or Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) to treatment as usual (TAU) for PTSD improves sleep disturbances. We will study the relation between sleep disturbances, PTSD symptoms, psychosocial functioning and quality of life.MethodsThe study is a randomised controlled superiority trial with a 2 × 2 factorial design. The study will include 230 trauma-affected refugees.The patients are randomised into four groups. All four groups receive TAU – an interdisciplinary treatment approach covering a period of 6–8 months with pharmacological treatment, physiotherapy, psychoeducation and manual-based cognitive behavioural therapy within a framework of weekly sessions with a physician, physiotherapist or psychologist. One group receives solely TAU, serving as a control group, while the three remaining groups are active-treatment groups receiving add-on treatment with either mianserin, IRT or a combination of both.Treatment outcome is evaluated using self-administered rating scales, observer ratings and actigraph measurements at baseline, during treatment and post treatment. The primary outcome is subjective sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Secondary outcome measures are objective sleep length, nightmares, PTSD severity, symptoms of depression and anxiety, pain, quality of life and psychosocial functioning.DiscussionThis trial will be the first randomised controlled trial to examine sleep-enhancing treatment in trauma-affected refugees, as well as the first trial to investigate the effect of IRT and mianserin in this population. Therefore, this trial may optimise treatment recommendations for sleep disturbances in trauma-affected refugees. Based on our findings, we expect to discuss the effect of treatment, focussing on sleep disturbances. Furthermore, the results will provide new information regarding the association between sleep disturbances, PTSD symptoms, psychosocial functioning and quality of life in trauma-affected refugees.Trial registrationEudraCT registration under the name ‘Treatment of sleep disturbances in trauma-affected refugees – a randomised controlled trial’, registration number: 2015-004153-40, registered on 13 November 2015.ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT02761161. Registered on 27 April 2016.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2260-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Estos textos ponen de manifiesto la capacidad de la música de expresar los malestares sociales o su potencial de denuncia y movilización de grupos sociales a partir de su emisión (Al-Taee, 2002;Gray, 2010;Ibrahim & Shepler, 2011;Pinto, 2014;Rolston, 2001), pero sin ser realizada por las comunidades víctimas de la violencia ni dentro de un proceso colectivo en la comunidad. Del mismo modo, tampoco se incluyeron (3) estudios donde se usó la música desde una perspectiva terapéutica con un enfoque clínico explícito (Bakker, Blokland, May, Pauw & Breda, 1999;Carr et al, 2012;Choi, 2010;Curtis, 2012;Fairweather, 2002;Jespersen, 2012;Rankin, 1999). La razón que motivó esta exclusión fue la necesidad de centrar el estudio en la perspectiva psicosocial y su enfoque comunitario.…”

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Espacios musicales colectivos durante y después del conflicto armado como lugares de preservación del tejido social

Rodríguez-Sánchez

Cabedo–Mas

2017

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Diversos estudios han puesto de manifiesto la capacidad de la práctica musical conjunta para contribuir a la construcción de espacios de paz en aquellos lugares en los que sus ciudadanos han sufrido situaciones de violencia. Sin embargo, no existe en la literatura científica un estudio de revisión que analice los impactos de este tipo de espacios musicales colectivos sobre el tejido social. Este artículo explora los efectos de experiencias con prácticas musicales colectivas en diferentes contextos con comunidades que sufren o han sufrido situaciones de conflicto armado o guerra. Con este fin, se ha realizado una revisión sistemática de la literatura científica y un análisis exhaustivo de los estudios localizados. La muestra final seleccionada comprende un total de quince estudios en los que se muestra la capacidad de los espacios musicales colectivos para servir de soporte a las personas y comunidades víctimas, tanto durante como después del conflicto.

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The Effect of Relaxation Music Listening on Sleep Quality in Traumatized Refugees: A Pilot Study

Abstract: These results support the use of relaxation music listening at bedtime to improve sleep quality in traumatized refugees.

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A randomized controlled trial of bedtime music for insomnia disorder

A randomized controlled trial of bedtime music for insomnia disorder

Treatment of sleep disturbances in trauma-affected refugees: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Espacios musicales colectivos durante y después del conflicto armado como lugares de preservación del tejido social

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