Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study
BackgroundDetailed intervention reporting is essential to interpretation, replication, and translation of music-based interventions (MBIs). The 2011 Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions were developed to improve transparency and reporting quality of published research; however, problem...
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| author | Sheri L. Robb Stacey Springs Emmeline Edwards Tasha L. Golden Julene K. Johnson Debra S. Burns Melita Belgrave Joke Bradt Christian Gold Christian Gold Christian Gold Assal Habibi John R. Iversen Miriam Lense Jessica A. MacLean Susan M. Perkins |
| author_facet | Sheri L. Robb Stacey Springs Emmeline Edwards Tasha L. Golden Julene K. Johnson Debra S. Burns Melita Belgrave Joke Bradt Christian Gold Christian Gold Christian Gold Assal Habibi John R. Iversen Miriam Lense Jessica A. MacLean Susan M. Perkins |
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| description | BackgroundDetailed intervention reporting is essential to interpretation, replication, and translation of music-based interventions (MBIs). The 2011 Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions were developed to improve transparency and reporting quality of published research; however, problems with reporting quality persist. This represents a significant barrier to advances in MBI scientific research and translation of findings to practice.ObjectiveTo update and validate the 2011 reporting guidelines using a rigorous Delphi approach that involved an interdisciplinary group of MBI researchers; and to develop an explanation and elaboration guidance statement to support dissemination and usage.MethodsWe followed the methodological framework for developing reporting guidelines recommended by the EQUATOR Network and guidance recommendations for developing health research reporting guidelines. Our three-stage process included: (1) an initial field scan, (2) a consensus process using Delphi surveys (two rounds) and Expert Panel meetings, and (3) development and dissemination of an explanation and elaboration document.ResultsFirst-Round survey findings revealed that the original checklist items were capturing content that investigators deemed essential to MBI reporting; however, it also revealed problems with item wording and terminology. Subsequent Expert Panel meetings and the Second-Round survey centered on reaching consensus for item language. The revised RG-MBI checklist has a total of 12-items that pertain to eight different components of MBI interventions including name, theory/scientific rationale, content, interventionist, individual/group, setting, delivery schedule, and treatment fidelity.ConclusionWe recommend that authors, journal editors, and reviewers use the RG-MBI guidelines, in conjunction with methods-based guidelines (e.g., CONSORT) to accelerate and improve the scientific rigor of MBI research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b0d13cf15524e18806ada1d4d12bce82025-08-20T03:31:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-06-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15519201551920Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation studySheri L. Robb0Stacey Springs1Emmeline Edwards2Tasha L. Golden3Julene K. Johnson4Debra S. Burns5Melita Belgrave6Joke Bradt7Christian Gold8Christian Gold9Christian Gold10Assal Habibi11John R. Iversen12Miriam Lense13Jessica A. MacLean14Susan M. Perkins15School of Nursing and School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesFaculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United StatesNational Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, Bethesda, MD, United StatesCenter for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United StatesInstitute for Health & Aging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCollege of Communication and Fine Arts, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United StatesSchool of Music, Dance, and Theatre, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United StatesDepartment of Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesNORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Bergen, Norway0Grieg Academy Department of Music, University of Bergan, Bergen, Norway1Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria2Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States3Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada4Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States5Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States6School of Medicine and Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United StatesBackgroundDetailed intervention reporting is essential to interpretation, replication, and translation of music-based interventions (MBIs). The 2011 Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions were developed to improve transparency and reporting quality of published research; however, problems with reporting quality persist. This represents a significant barrier to advances in MBI scientific research and translation of findings to practice.ObjectiveTo update and validate the 2011 reporting guidelines using a rigorous Delphi approach that involved an interdisciplinary group of MBI researchers; and to develop an explanation and elaboration guidance statement to support dissemination and usage.MethodsWe followed the methodological framework for developing reporting guidelines recommended by the EQUATOR Network and guidance recommendations for developing health research reporting guidelines. Our three-stage process included: (1) an initial field scan, (2) a consensus process using Delphi surveys (two rounds) and Expert Panel meetings, and (3) development and dissemination of an explanation and elaboration document.ResultsFirst-Round survey findings revealed that the original checklist items were capturing content that investigators deemed essential to MBI reporting; however, it also revealed problems with item wording and terminology. Subsequent Expert Panel meetings and the Second-Round survey centered on reaching consensus for item language. The revised RG-MBI checklist has a total of 12-items that pertain to eight different components of MBI interventions including name, theory/scientific rationale, content, interventionist, individual/group, setting, delivery schedule, and treatment fidelity.ConclusionWe recommend that authors, journal editors, and reviewers use the RG-MBI guidelines, in conjunction with methods-based guidelines (e.g., CONSORT) to accelerate and improve the scientific rigor of MBI research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1551920/fullreporting guidelinesmusicmusic therapyinterventionreporting quality |
| spellingShingle | Sheri L. Robb Stacey Springs Emmeline Edwards Tasha L. Golden Julene K. Johnson Debra S. Burns Melita Belgrave Joke Bradt Christian Gold Christian Gold Christian Gold Assal Habibi John R. Iversen Miriam Lense Jessica A. MacLean Susan M. Perkins Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study Frontiers in Psychology reporting guidelines music music therapy intervention reporting quality |
| title | Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study |
| title_full | Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study |
| title_fullStr | Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study |
| title_short | Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Interventions: an update and validation study |
| title_sort | reporting guidelines for music based interventions an update and validation study |
| topic | reporting guidelines music music therapy intervention reporting quality |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1551920/full |
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