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Music-based interventions for chronic pain management
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Music-based interventions for chronic pain management

Victor Pando-Naude, Claire Howlin, Joke Bradt, Kira Jespersen, Mathieu Roy, Eduardo Garza-Villarreal, Stefan Koelsch and Peter Vuust
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, v 5, CD016354
15 May 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD016354
PMID: 42138335
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Abstract

Adult Anxiety - therapy Catastrophization - therapy Chronic Pain - psychology Chronic Pain - therapy Depression - therapy Humans Music Therapy - methods Pain Management - methods Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Quality of Life
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: Primary objective To evaluate the benefits and harms of music-based interventions (MBIs) for chronic pain management in adults with pain lasting more than 12 weeks, comparing MBIs with the following comparators: active care, placebo, or no treatment/waitlist control. Specifically, we aim to assess the effects of MBIs on critical outcomes, such as pain intensity, pain-related distress, and pain interference with daily functioning. Secondary objectives To evaluate the effects of MBIs on important outcomes, including functioning and disability, psychological outcomes (e.g. depression, anxiety, pain catastrophising, kinesiophobia (fear of movement due to pain), self-efficacy, perceived social support, wellbeing), health-related quality of life, and sleep quality To identify and report any adverse effects associated with MBIs To examine whether intervention effects differ across prespecified subgroups (i.e. pain aetiology, type of engagement, intervention duration), using subgroup analyses where sufficient data are available.

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