Reporting Guidelines for Music-based Intervention: an update and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Detailed 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.

Objective

To 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.

Methods

We followed the methodological framework for develop

SUBMITTER: Robb SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12171218 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature