Effects of Combining Music Therapy, Light Therapy, and Chromotherapy in the Treatment of Chronic Pain Patients: A Pilot Study
Table 5
Evolution of BPI and HAD scores between D0 and D22 according to the presence or absence of neuropathic pain.
Pretreatment
Posttreatment
Change
% improvement
d
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Neuropathic pain
Background pain/10
6.2
1.4
3.1
1.7
3.1
49
<0.001
1.8
Painful attacks (n/day)
7.8
2.1
4.6
2.0
3.2
40
<0.001
1.5
General activity/10
6.9
1.8
4.4
2.4
2.5
36
<0.001
1.0
Mood/10
5.9
2.7
4.1
2.4
1.8
25
=0.018
0.7
Normal work/10
6.7
2.0
4.9
2.6
1.8
25
<0.006
0.7
Sleep/10
6.1
2.5
3.7
2.5
2.4
32
<0.002
1.0
Anxiety/21
11.6
3.6
8.0
3.4
3.6
28
<0.001
1.0
Depression/21
8.2
4.0
5.7
3.2
2.5
24
=0.014
0.6
Non neuropathic pain
Background pain/10
5.6
1.3
2.9
1.8
2.7
50
<0.001
1.5
Painful attacks (n/day)
7.6
1.3
4.8
1.6
2.8
38
<0.001
1.8
Walking ability/10
5.3
2.8
2.8
2.3
2.5
47
=0.015
0.9
Normal work/10
6.1
2.3
3.8
2.4
2.3
38
=0.011
1.0
Anxiety/21
10.2
4.8
6.6
4.2
3.6
35
=0.011
0.8
Only scores that improved significantly () are shown. These results suggest that treatment is more effective in the neuropathic pain group, with 8 items statistically significantly improved (), including the following 5 highly significantly (): background pain, number of painful attacks, general activity, sleep, and anxiety.
