Daily music listening to reduce work-related stress: a randomized controlled pilot trial
Raglio A, Bellandi D, Gianotti M, Zanacchi E, Gnesi M, Monti MC, Montomoli C, Vico F, Imbriani C, Giorgi I, Imbriani M
Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 14 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2019-03-12 · J Public Health (Oxf) · vol. 42 · issue 1 · pp. e81–e87
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Cited
- 37 citations · more than 91% of similar papers · 3.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 48 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Diverse Music Education Insights
- Keywords
- Active listening, Randomized controlled trial, Analysis of variance, Psychology, Statistical significance, Stress (linguistics), Music therapy, Audiology, Clinical psychology, Medicine, Physical therapy, Communication
- MeSH
- humans, music therapy, pilot projects, music, occupational stress
11 authors
From IT, ES
- Alfredo Raglio · correspondingIstituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri
- Daniele Bellandi
- Marta Gianotti
- Elisa Zanacchi
- Marco GnesiUniversity of Pavia
- Maria Cristina MontiUniversity of Pavia
Abstract
Background
Literature shows that music can reduce stress conditions. This pilot study investigated the effects of music listening on work-related stress and well-being in healthcare professionals.
Method
A total of 45 subjects were randomly assigned to three treatment groups: No Music, Individualized Music and Melomics-Health Listening. Music groups experienced a daily 30-min-playlist listening for 3 weeks at home. The Maugeri Stress Index-Revised (MASI-R) and the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI) were administered at baseline, after 3 weeks and after 7 weeks (follow-up). Longitudinal data were analyzed by means of a nested ANOVA model, testing the main effects of time and treatment and the interaction between them.
Results
MASI-R scores showed a positive trend in music groups and a worsening in the control group. Only the interaction time/treatment emerged as supporting a trend toward statistical significance (P = 0.07). PGWBI showed a stability in music groups and a clear decline in controls, without significant effects.
Conclusions
Results from the study support the need for a larger clinical trial: it is suggested that daily music listening could be implemented to reduce work-related stress and that the effects may be related, not only to individual musical preferences and familiarity, but also to specific music structures and parameters.
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