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Music therapy in UK palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation
Lisa Graham-Wisener, Grace Watts, Jenny Kirkwood, Craig Harrison, Joan McEwan, Sam Porter, Joanne Reid, Tracey Helena McConnell. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2018-02-22
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Fifty respondents identified themselves as music therapists currently working with clients receiving PEOLC. The respondents largely reported (84.7%) less than 10 years of experience working in PEOLC settings, with only a minority receiving statutory funding for their role. Music therapists most commonly reported supporting adults with neurological conditions, cancers and dementia. Although promising that evidence suggests provision of music therapy in UK PEOLC settings in the past 10 years to have increased, lack of sustainable funding suggests the role to not be consistently accessible in PEOLC.
Key findings
- Fifty respondents identified themselves as music therapists currently working with clients receiving PEOLC.
- The respondents largely reported (84.7%) less than 10 years of experience working in PEOLC settings, with only a minority receiving statutory funding for their role.
- Music therapists most commonly reported supporting adults with neurological conditions, cancers and dementia.
- Although promising that evidence suggests provision of music therapy in UK PEOLC settings in the past 10 years to have increased, lack of sustainable funding suggests the role to not be consistently accessible in PEOLC.
Study details
- Effect size84.7%
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 43/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record, multi-centre collaboration and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 24 of the 56 points we could judge it on, which is 43 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (BMJ supportive & palliative care) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2018 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 2 / 3 | Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 29475896) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 24 / 56 | Scored on 10 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 24 of the 56 points we could judge it on is 43 out of 100. |
| Total | 43 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Graham-Wisener, L., Watts, G., Kirkwood, J., Harrison, C., McEwan, J., Porter, S., et al. (2018). Music therapy in UK palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation. BMJ supportive & palliative care. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001510
Vancouver
Graham-Wisener L, Watts G, Kirkwood J, Harrison C, McEwan J, Porter S, et al. Music therapy in UK palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation. BMJ supportive & palliative care. 2018. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001510. PMID: 29475896.
BibTeX
@article{grahamwisener2018-29475896,
author = {Graham-Wisener, Lisa and Watts, Grace and Kirkwood, Jenny and Harrison, Craig and McEwan, Joan and Porter, Sam and Reid, Joanne and McConnell, Tracey Helena},
title = {{Music therapy in UK palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation}},
journal = {BMJ supportive \& palliative care},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001510},
pmid = {29475896},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001510}
}
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