2.2. Staff Population
SPECIAL EVENT
Staff was invited to participate by the Director of the SICU and the Director of Music Therapy (co-investigators) verbally, and their participation was voluntary and confirmed by signed consent. All staff subjects were considered regardless of gender or racial/ethnic background except for any subjects who declined to participate in the study. Not listed in the data were the questions that helped define what music might be relevant or significant music. These questions included patients’/caregivers’ recent travel destinations, special events, preferred modalities and genres, music history and background (including what instruments they played, if they sing, etc.). In order to assure that staff participation was voluntary and confidential, the enrollment of the staff population included a Waiver of Documentation of Consent and a Waiver of Research Authorization. The consent form and research authorization were given to the staff to read for informational purposes only and returned to the study staff, without identifiers, and demonstrated the consent of staff who decide to participate in the study.