The UNT Musician Health Survey

The University of North Texas Musician Health Survey (UNT-MHS) is a large-scale musician survey conducted over the Internet. The online survey was developed and launched onto the World Wide Web in the Fall of 1998 and is an ongoing research project. Respondents to the survey include over 4000 musicians representing over twenty five different styles.

The survey provides valuable insight into the demographic, vocational and economic profiles of musicians as well as information on musculoskeletal and non-musculoskeletal problems associated with playing a musical instrument. Comparisons of data obtained from the UNT-MHS to the U.S. census data indicate that demographic profiles and geographic representation of respondents compare favorably. To date, musicians of all ages from all states within the U.S. continue to respond to the survey.

The results of this survey are being used to develop additional epidemiological surveys of musician groups. The UNT Musician Health Survey is located at: http://www.scs.unt.edu/surveys/msurvey/../index.html.

This project is funded in part through research grants from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (Grammys).