Effectiveness of music intervention in ameliorating cancer patients' anxiety, depression, pain, and fatigue: a meta-analysis
Tsai HF, Chen YR, Chung MH, Liao YM, Chi MJ, Chang CC, Chou KR
Cancer nursing · 68 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Meta-analysis (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2014-03-25 · Cancer Nurs · vol. 37 · issue 6 · pp. E35–E50
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Cited
- 102 citations · more than 98% of similar papers · 8.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 27 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Cancer survivorship and care · Mental Health via Writing
- Keywords
- Anxiety, Psychological intervention, Medicine, Intervention (counseling), Depression (economics), Music therapy, Physical therapy, Cancer, MEDLINE, Clinical psychology, Psychiatry, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, neoplasms, fatigue, treatment outcome, music therapy, depression, anxiety, acute pain
7 authors
From TW
- Hsiu F. TsaiHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management; Ten Chen Hospital
- Ying R. ChenHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management; Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital; Ten Chen Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- Min H. ChungHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management; Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital; Ten Chen Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- Yuan‐Mei LiaoHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management; Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital; Ten Chen Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- Mei‐Ju ChiTen Chen Hospital
- Chia‐Chi ChangHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management; Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital; Ten Chen Hospital; Taipei Medical University
Abstract
Background
This is the first study to use meta-analysis as a scientific technique to provide an integrated analysis of the effectiveness of music intervention in cancer patients.
Objectives
The purpose of this study was, using the meta-analysis method, to present a summary of existing research and explore the effectiveness of music intervention in ameliorating anxiety, depression, pain, and fatigue in cancer patients.
Methods
The present study collected quantitative study designs sought of music intervention for cancer patients published from 2002 to 2012. These studies were then cross-referenced using Medical Subject Headings for topics on music intervention and cancer patients. Outcome indicators were anxiety, depression, pain, and fatigue. The quality of the studies was evaluated using Cochrane Collaboration Guidelines. The effect size on outcome indicators used the formula devised by Hedges and Olkin (1985).
Results
Results showed that music interventions were significantly effective in ameliorating anxiety (g = -0.553), depression (g = -0.510), pain (g = -0.656), and fatigue (g = -0.422) in cancer patients. Subgroup analyses revealed that age and who selected the music were major factors influencing the effect size on anxiety reduction.
Conclusions
Music interventions significantly ameliorate anxiety, depression, pain, and fatigue in cancer patients, especially adults. Music interventions were more effective in adults than in children or adolescents and more effective when patients, rather than researchers, chose the music.
Implications for practice
Our findings provide important information for future music-intervention planners to improve the design and processes that will benefit patients in such programs.
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