Meta-Analyses

The Arts and Quality of Life Research Center is currently conducting several meta-analyses to synthesize research concerning the effect of music and dance on quality of life.  Several of these systematic reviews include collaborations with international research teams and have been submitted to the Cochrane Collaboration. The Cochrane Collaboration is the best single source for reliable evidence about the effects of health care and their systematic reviews are recognized as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.

Current Reviews

• Bradt J, Dileo C. Music for People with Coronary Heart Disease (protocol, Cochrane Collaboration)
• Bradt J, Magee WL, Dileo C, Wheeler, B, McGilloway E. Music Therapy with Acquired Brain Injury (protocol, Cochrane Collaboration)
• Dileo C, Bradt J. Music for anxiety reduction in mechanically ventilated patients (protocol, Cochrane Collaboration)
• Dileo C, Bradt J. Music for Preoperative Anxiety (registered, Cochrane Collaboration)
• Dileo C, Bradt J, Grocke D, Magill L.  Music Interventions for Improving Psychological and Physical Outcomes in Cancer Patients (registered, Cochrane Collaboration)
• Bradt J, Dileo C.  Dance Therapy for Improving Psychological and Physical Outcomes in Cancer Patients (registered, Cochrane Collaboration)