Effects of music therapy on chronic pain mediated by self-efficacy

Read this recent publication by Dr. Joke Bradt and colleagues from Drexel University and Thomas Jefferson University. Their randomized controlled trial examined anxiety, mood, emotional support, and pain-related self-efficacy as mediators of music therapy for pain management in people with advanced cancer. The findings suggest that the impact of music therapy on chronic pain is mediated by self-efficacy, but not anxiety, mood, or emotional support. Furthermore, the mediating effect of pain-related self-efficacy was significantly moderated by baseline pain interference. This study was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health (Award Number R01NR016681).