Other - Surveys and Questionnaires
Music Therapy Support Group Numerical Rating Scale (MTSG-NRS)
2016
DOI: 10.1037/t56356-000
Abstract
The Music Therapy Support Group Numerical Rating Scale (MTSG-NRS; Dvorak, 2016) was developed for a U.S.-based study examining the effect of music therapy support groups (MTSG) on physical, psychological, and social functioning of cancer patients and caregivers. Experimental participants completed the pre- and post-numerical rating scales to assess individual session effects. These 11-point scales, ranging from 0 to 10, measured the effect of each 60-minute session on five variables: pain, mood, stress, anxiety, and quality of life. Participants rated each category from 0 to 10 both before and after a session, resulting in two numbers that were analyzed for an interaction. The author notes that numerical rating scales, although not yet standardized because of the variability in word anchors and response options (Hjermstad et al., 2011), are commonly used in nursing and music therapy literature, especially when measuring pain and anxiety (Groen, 2007; Horne-Thompson & Grocke, 2008; Nilsson, 2008).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Music Therapy Support Group Numerical Rating Scale (MTSG-NRS)
- Creators
- Abbey L Dvorak - University of Kansas
- Resource Type
- Other
- Resource Sub-type
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- DOI
- 10.1037/t56356-000
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2016
- Academic Unit
- School of Music; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984182077002771
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