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Music Therapy in an Integrated Pediatric Palliative Care Program

Departments of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, cak{at}ichp.ufl.edu

Vanessa Madden, BSc

Departments of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Hua Wang, MS

Departments of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Charlotte Curtis, RN

Florida Department of Health, Children's Medical Services Network Division, Tallahassee, Florida

Phyllis Sloyer, PhD

Florida Department of Health, Children's Medical Services Network Division, Tallahassee, Florida

Elizabeth Shenkman, PhD

Departments of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

National experts have recommended that children with life-limiting illnesses receive integrated palliative and medical care. These programs offer a variety of services, including music therapy. Using survey data from parents whose were enrolled in Florida’s Partners in Care: Together for Kids (PIC:TFK) program, this study investigates parents’ experiences with music therapy. About 44% of children with life-limiting illnesses and 17% of their siblings used music therapy. For children who used music therapy, multivariate results suggest that their parents were 23 times as likely to report satisfaction with the overall PIC:TFK program (P < .05) versus parents whose children did not use music therapy. Pediatric palliative care programs should include music therapy, although recruiting licensed music therapists may be challenging.

Key Words: children • palliative care • music therapy • Medicaid

This version was published on December 1, 2009

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 26, No. 6, 449-455 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1049909109341870


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