title: Participant-selected music and physical activity in older adults following cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate effects of participant-selected music on older adults' achievement of activity levels recommended in the physical activity guidelines following cardiac rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A parallel group randomized controlled trial with measurements at Weeks 0, 6 and 26.
  
  
  METHODS
  A multisite outpatient rehabilitation programme of a publicly funded metropolitan health service.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adults aged 60 years and older who had completed a cardiac rehabilitation programme.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental participants selected music to support walking with guidance from a music therapist. Control participants received usual care only.
  
  
  METHODS
  The primary outcome was the proportion of participants achieving activity levels recommended in physical activity guidelines. Secondary outcomes compared amounts of physical activity, exercise capacity, cardiac risk factors, and exercise self-efficacy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 56 participants, mean age 68.2 years (SD = 6.5), were randomized to the experimental ( n = 28) and control groups ( n = 28). There were no differences between groups in proportions of participants achieving activity recommended in physical activity guidelines at Week 6 or 26. Secondary outcomes demonstrated between-group differences in male waist circumference at both measurements (Week 6 difference -2.0 cm, 95% CI -4.0 to 0; Week 26 difference -2.8 cm, 95% CI -5.4 to -0.1), and observed effect sizes favoured the experimental group for amounts of physical activity (d = 0.30), exercise capacity (d = 0.48), and blood pressure (d = -0.32).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participant-selected music did not increase the proportion of participants achieving recommended amounts of physical activity, but may have contributed to exercise-related benefits.
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Australia.|2 Faculty of VCA and MCM, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Imogen N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: 2 Faculty of VCA and MCM, University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Felicity A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Australia.
authors.forename: Casey L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Peiris
authors.affiliation: 3 Eastern Health, Australia.
authors.forename: Georgie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shoebridge
authors.affiliation: 1 School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Australia.|3 Eastern Health, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicholas F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry; D000368:Aged; D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010045:Outpatients; D057240:Patient Preference
keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; exercise; music; older adults; physical activity