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NCT Number: NCT06939426

Music Therapy and Humanization in ED Healthcare Professionals

Background: Healthcare professionals in emergency departments frequently experience stressful situations that could jeopardize their mental health, sense of purpose, and ability to empathize with patients, families, and colleagues.

Research question: What is the impact of a short music therapy program on the intra- and interpersonal factors of humanized care among emergency nursing staff at the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (FSFB)? Methodology: This research is a mixed-methods pilot and feasibility study. For the quantitative component, we will apply the HUMAS (Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale) and ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life) measure at the start and at the end of the music therapy program. For the qualitative component, focus group interviews will be conducted and analyzed via thematic analysis.

Discussion: This study seeks to support the nursing staff of the FSFB emergency department through an interactive, creative, and participatory music therapy self-care program focused on one of the most important pillars of the institution: the humanization of care.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout Burnout, Psychological Humanization of Care Music Therapy Quality of Life (QOL) Stress, Psychological

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá

Bogotá, Bogota D.C., 1100121, Colombia

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Mark Ettenberger, P)hD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+573112847635

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Be a member of the emergency department nursing staff at the FSFB for a minimum of 6 months.
  • Be able to commit to participating in eight music therapy sessions over a four-week period.
  • Have the minimum reading skills to understand the questionnaires

Exclusion criteria

  • Staff with untreated mental health disorders.

Treatment and study plan

Music Therapy Intervention

Behavioral

The intervention protocol is based on four main themes, which are addressed over the course of eight sessions:

  • Self-care
  • Self-recognition and expression of emotions
  • Empathy
  • Teamwork

Each theme is related to factors from the HUMAS (affection, self-efficacy, emotional understanding, dispositional optimism, and sociability) and/or ProQOL (compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue). A variety of techniques related to the four main methods of music therapy will be used in the sessions: receptive, re-creative, composition, and improvisation.

Primary outcomes

  1. HUMAS (Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale)

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the music therapy program after one month

    The HUMAS was developed by Pérez-Fuentes et al. and has been validated in Spanish among nursing professionals. It consists of 19 items evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale, with a total score ranging from 0 to 95, with higher scores indicating greater intra- and interpersonal skills that favor the humanization of the service provided. The items are divided into 5 factors: affection; self-efficacy: emotional understanding; disposition to optimism; sociability.

Secondary outcomes

  1. ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life) measure

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the music therapy program after one month

    The ProQOL measure is one of the most widely used scales to determine quality of life in health professionals. It consists of 30 items rated retrospectively (over the past month) on a 5-point Likert scale. The scale measures the following factors: compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Each factor scores from 0 to 50, with higher scores indicating a greater satisfaction with an individual's work (compassion satisfaction) or higher scores indicating greater experience of fatigue, stress, or emotional exhaustion (compassion fatigue and burnout). The psychometric properties show satisfactory internal consistency and discriminant validity and it has been recently used in nursing teams in emergency units.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Mark Ettenberger, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+573112847635

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota

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Registry information

Official study title

Impact of a Short Music Therapy Program on Intra- and Interpersonal Factors of Humanized Care in a Group of Emergency Nursing Staff at the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá: a Mixed-methods Pilot and Feasibility Study

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2026
First posted
Apr 22, 2025
Registry last updated
Aug 12, 2025

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