Table 1.
Characteristics of Included Studies
| Author(s) (Published Year) | Stud Sources | Sample Size | Research Design | Music Intervention (MI) Description | MI Duration | Control Intervention | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG | CG | ||||||
| Choi (1996) | Master’s thesis in nursing | 15 | 17 | CCT | Routine HD with MI. Characteristics of music: Selected music by patients. Individual music listening of pop, native, and gospel song using cassette tape player. |
30 minutes during HD *for 3 weeks **6 times |
Routine HD |
| Lim (2004) | Master’s thesis in public health | 15 | 15 | CCT | Routine HD with MI. Characteristics of music: Selected music by patients. Individual music listening of pop, native, and gospel song using cassette tape or CD player. |
30 to 60 minutes during HD *3 weeks **6 to 9 times |
Routine HD |
| Chung (2004) | Doctoral dissertation in nursing | 24 | 23 | CCT | Routine HD with MI. Characteristics of music: Selected music by patients. Individual music listening of pop, native, gospel, and classical music using CD player. |
180 minutes during HD *4 weeks **12 times |
Routine HD |
| Kim, Lee, & Sok (2006) | Journal of nursing | 18 | 18 | CCT | Routine HD with MI. Routine HD with MI. Characteristics of music: Selected music by patients. Individual music listening using CD player. | 30 to 50 minutes during HD *3 weeks **9 times |
Routine HD |
| Pothoulaki et al. (2008) | Journal of health psychology | 30 | 30 | RCT | Routine HD with MI: Patients listened to the selected music from musical collection which included Greek fork music, ethnic music, jazz, classical, film soundtracks, and new age music. | NR | Routine HD |
| Pyo (2011) | Master’s thesis in nursing | 23 | 23 | CCT | Routine HD with MI. Routine HD with MI. Characteristics of music: Selected music by patients. Individual music listening using CD player. | 30 to 40 minutes during HD *4 weeks **12 times |
Routine HD |
| Cantekin & Tan (2013) | Journal of heart failure | 50 | 50 | CCT | Regular HD with MI: Downloaded Turkish art music songs (so-called Rast and Usak melody) using MP3 player. |
*1 week ** 3 times *** 30 minutes during HD |
Routine HD |
*
Period (weeks).
**
Total doses.
***
Music intervention time was verified through email with the primary author.
Notes: EG = experimental group; CG = control group; CCT = controlled clinical trials; RCT = randomized controlled trials; NR = not reported; MI = music intervention; CD = compact disc.