The starting point for creating MusiCure was the Musica Humana project, which in the period from 1998 to 2005 has conducted studies of MusiCure’s effect on a number of patient groups. The music has thus gained some of its scientific evidence for its beneficial effects and is used today in many hospitals, clinics, institutions and by private individuals in several countries. Examples of this documentation can be read in the booklets which accompany the CDs and can also be downloaded from the Musica Humana's website: www.musicahumana.org
The MusiCure music has since been tested in numerous research projects in collaboration with independent researchers. The studies have taken place at major hospitals in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and at Northwest Hospital and Medical centre in Seattle, USA. These studies represent a unique achievement in the field of using specially designed music as a tool in healthcare.
Scientific articles with MusiCure published in International medical journals:
School-aged children’s experiences of postoperative music medicine on pain, distress, and anxiety
Authors: Stefan Nilsson RN, MSC*†, co-authors: Eva Kokinsky MD, PhD*, Ulrica Nilsson RNA, PhD‡ and Karin Enskär RN, PhD†
*Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg , †Department of Nursing Science, School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping and ‡Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and Centre for Health Care Sciences, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
Soothing music can increase oxytocin levels during bed rest after open-heart surgery: a randomised control trial
August 2009. Author: Ulrica Nilsson Assisting Professor, RNA and PhD at the Centre for Health Care Sciences at Örebro University Sweden. Published in Journal of Clinical Nursing August 2009
Patients’ perception of music versus ordinary sound in a post anaesthesia care unit:
Malmoe University Hospital, Sweden, Ann-Charlotte Fredriksson, Leif Hellström, Ulrica Nilsson
A randomised crossover trial. Published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing May 2009
The effect of music intervention in stress response to cardiac surgery in a randomized clinical trial.
Author: Ulrica Nilsson Assisting Professor, RNA and PhD at the Centre for Health Care Sciences at Örebro University Sweden. Published in ’Heart & Lung – The journal of Acute and Critical Care’Oct.2008
The effect of music on heart rate and motion artefacts during gamma camera acquisition for myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Download Poster PDF By: Pulawska T., Gerhardt M., Sondergaard, S. and Zerahn,B.
Meaning, Power and Exoticism in Medicinal Music: A Case Study of MusiCure in Denmark
Author: Tore Tvarnø Lind - Tore Tvarnø Lind is Assistant Professor in ethnomusicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.2.November 2007. Published in Ethnomusicology Forum, Nov. 2007.
Designed sound and music environment in post anaesthesia care units--a multicentre study of patients and staff.
Authors: Thorgaard P, Ertmann E, Hansen V, Noerregaard A, Hansen V, Spanggaard L. Published in Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 2004.
Specially selected music in the cardiac laboratory—an important tool for improvement of the wellbeing of patients. 30 October 2003 Authors: Gøtzsche B, Henriksen BB, Pedersbaek G, Thomsen I. Published in European journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
