Effects of Combining Music Therapy, Light Therapy, and Chromotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Pain Patients: A Pilot Study
Table 4
Evolution of BPI and HAD scores between D0 and D22 according to duration of pain evolution.
Pretreatment
Posttreatment
Change
% improvement
d
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
6 months--> 2 years (n = 16)
Background pain/10
6.3
1.3
3.6
1.7
2.7
41
<0.001
1.6
Painful attacks (n/day)
8.1
1.2
5.1
2.0
3.0
37
<0.001
2.5
General activity/10
6.1
2.5
4.0
1.8
2.1
33
<0.001
0.8
Mood/10
6.3
2.9
3.5
2.5
2.8
41
<0.005
1.0
Normal work/10
7.0
1.9
4.3
2.8
2.7
34
<0.004
1.0
Sleep/10
6.2
2.8
2.4
2.5
3.8
59
<0.001
1.4
Anxiety/21
10.1
4.0
7.1
4.7
3
30
=0.043
0.8
3--> 8 years (n = 14)
Background pain/10
5.7
1.2
2.5
1.6
3.2
56
<0.001
2.0
Painful attacks (n/day)
7.0
2.5
3.5
1.9
3.5
47
<0.001
1.4
General activity/10
6.3
2.2
4.1
3.0
2.2
36
=0.030
1.0
Enjoyment of life/10
5.0
3.1
2.7
2.4
2.3
37
=0.035
0.7
Anxiety/21
13.1
3.8
7.9
2.5
5.2
36
<0.001
1.4
Depression/21
8.6
3.8
6.3
3.4
2.3
19
=0.037
0.6
9--> 50 years (n = 14)
Background pain/10
5.9
2.9
2.9
1.7
3.0
52
<0.001
1.8
Painful attacks (n/day)
8.1
1.3
5.3
1.0
2.8
34
<0.001
2.2
General activity/10
5.9
3.4
3.6
2.6
2.3
37
=0.015
0.7
Walking ability/10
5.3
2.1
3.5
2.9
1.8
30
=0.032
0.4
Only scores that improved significantly () are shown. When pain lasted less than 2 years, the improvement concerned 7 items. The improvement was highly significant for background pain, number of painful attacks, general activity, and sleep.
