Sam Rodgers-Melnick, MPH, LPMT, MT-BC
Clinical Research Data Specialist III
University Hospitals Connor Whole Health
PhD Candidate in Clinical Translational Science
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Clinical Senior Instructor
Department of Psychiatry
Case Western Reserve University
Description: Several randomized controlled trials support the efficacy of music therapy for improving pain and symptom management in diverse inpatient populations, but few clinical effectiveness studies have evaluated the real-world impact of music therapy within health systems. In this presentation, Mr. Rodgers-Melnick will present results from his dissertation research that (1) investigated which patient and/or music therapy session characteristics were associated with changes in patient-reported outcome measures; (2) compared utilization outcomes (i.e., length of stay and opioid administrations) between inpatients receiving music therapy and propensity score matched controls; and (3) examined longitudinal effects on patient-reported outcome measures and opioid utilization among patients receiving music therapy over the course of their hospital admissions.
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