Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions.

Author: Robb SL, Burns DS, Carpenter JS.
Affiliation: School of Nursing, Indiana University.
Conference/Journal: Music Med.
Date published: 2011 Oct
Other: Volume ID: 3 , Issue ID: 4 , Pages: 271-279 , Word Count: 102



Music-based interventions are used to address a variety of problems experienced by individuals across the developmental lifespan (infants to elderly adults). In order to improve the transparency and specificity of reporting music-based interventions, a set of specific reporting guidelines is recommended. Recommendations pertain to reporting seven different components of music-based interventions including intervention theory, intervention content, intervention delivery schedule, interventionist, treatment fidelity, setting, and unit of delivery. Recommendations are intended to support CONSORT and TREND statements for transparent reporting of interventions while taking into account the variety, complexity, and uniqueness of music-based interventions.
KEYWORDS:
evidence-based practice, music, music therapy, reporting guidelines

PMID: 23646227