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SynthesisEuropean psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists2024

A systematic review and meta-analysis of music interventions to improve sleep in adults with mental health problems.

Nan Zhao, Helle Nystrup Lund, Kira Vibe Jespersen

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Synthesis in European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. European Psychiatry: 2024 in review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nan ZhaoDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0000-1112-7152
Helle Nystrup LundUnit for Depression, Aalborg University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7358-3030
Kira Vibe JespersenCenter for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-7183-3849

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMusic listening has been used as a sleep intervention among different populations. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to explore whether music is an effective sleep aid in adults with mental health problems.

methodsWe searched for studies investigating music interventions for sleep in adults with mental health problems. The primary outcome was subjective sleep quality; secondary outcomes were objective sleep outcomes, quality of life, and other mental health symptoms. Risk of bias assessment (RoB1) and random-effect model were used for the systematic review and meta-analyses.

resultsThe initial screening (

conclusionsOur results suggest that music interventions could have the potential to improve sleep quality among individuals with mental health problems, even though more high-quality studies are needed to establish the effect fully.

Indexed as

Music TherapySleep Wake DisordersAdultHumansMental DisordersSleep Qualityanxietydepressionmeta-analysismusicsleepsystematic review

Identifiers

PMID39373544
PMCPMC11536203

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