Music therapy to improve sleep in people recovering from a stroke
Tests whether music therapy at night improves sleep in hospitalized stroke patients.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Music Therapy in Post-Stroke Patients: A Clinical Trial
Key facts
- Where
- Granada, SpainSee the site
Where in Spain
- Hospital Universitario Clínico San CecilioGranada, SpainTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Universidad de Granada
- Trial code
- NCT07899034
- Record updated
- 27 October 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if music therapy works to optimizate sleep quality in patients who have suffered a stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Effects of Music Therapy on Sleep Quality in Post-Stroke Patients: A Clinical Trial at the San Cecilio University Hospital
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if music therapy works to optimizate sleep quality in patients who have suffered a stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* What is the effect of music therapy on subjective sleep quality in stroke patients? * What is the effect of music therapy on the subjective perception of insomnia in stroke patients? * What is the effect of music therapy on levels of hospital anxiety and depression in stroke patients? * What is the level of satisfaction with the music therapy intervention?
Researchers will compare an intervention group consisting of patients who will undergo music therapy with a control group of participants receiving standard care without music therapy sessions.
Participants will:
* Complete some questionaries about sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), inmsonia (Insomnia Severity Index), anxiety and depression associated with hospitalization (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) before and after de intervention. * Intervention group receive daily 60-minute music therapy sessions at night during their hospitalization, whenever possible. * Intervention gruop have to report their perceived level of satisfaction with the music therapy.
Inclusion: Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of stroke; Admission to the Neurology Department of the Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio (HUCSC); Score ≥ 5 on the Canadian Neurological Scale; Preserved cognitive function; Glasgow Coma Scale score ≥ 14.
Exclusion: Language impairment (aphasia); Acute psychiatric disorders and/or states of agitation; Severe hearing impairment or profound deafness; Restless legs syndrome; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Significant difficulties understanding the language; Cognitive impairments affecting comprehension; Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea; Narcolepsy.