Arts & Health ( IF 1.724 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-16 , DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2020.1827277 Mackenzie McGrath 1 , Joseph Smith 1, 2, 3, 4 , Nicholas A Rattray 5, 6, 7, 8 , Aimee Lillie 5, 6 , Shannon Crow 5 , Laura J Myers 2, 5, 6 , Jennifer Myers 5, 6 , Anthony J Perkins 5, 9 , Sally Wasmuth 10 , Debra S Burns 11 , Ariel J Cheatham 5, 6 , Himalaya Patel 6 , Dawn M Bravata 2, 5, 6, 7, 12
ABSTRACT
Background
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) commonly experience dyspnea, which may limit activities of daily living. Pursed-lip breathing improves dyspnea for COPD patients; however, access to pursed-lip breathing training is limited.
Methods
The proposed MELodica Orchestra for DYspnea (MELODY) study will be a single-site pilot study to assess the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of a music-based approach to teach pursed-lip breathing. Patients with COPD and moderate-severe dyspnea are randomized to intervention, education-control, or usual care control groups. Intervention patients meet twice weekly for eight weeks for melodica instruction, group music-making, and COPD education. Safety, feasibility, and efficacy is assessed qualitatively and quantitatively.
Results
This manuscript describes the rationale and methods of the MELODY pilot project.
Conclusions
If pilot data demonstrate efficacy, then a multi-site randomized control trial will be conducted to evaluate program effectiveness and implementation.
中文翻译:
通过音乐教授缩唇呼吸:针对呼吸困难 (MELODY) 试验的 MELodica Orchestra 试验原理和方案
摘要
背景
慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 患者通常会出现呼吸困难,这可能会限制日常生活活动。噘唇呼吸可改善 COPD 患者的呼吸困难;然而,获得缩唇呼吸训练的机会是有限的。
方法
提议的 MELodica Orchestra for DYspnea (MELODY) 研究将是一项单点试点研究,以评估基于音乐的方法来教授噘唇呼吸的安全性、可行性和有效性。患有 COPD 和中重度呼吸困难的患者被随机分配到干预组、教育控制组或常规护理对照组。干预患者每周会面两次,为期八周,进行口琴教学、团体音乐制作和慢性阻塞性肺病教育。对安全性、可行性和有效性进行定性和定量评估。
结果
这份手稿描述了 MELODY 试点项目的基本原理和方法。
结论
如果试点数据证明有效,则将进行多地点随机对照试验,以评估计划的有效性和实施情况。