Live music intervention for cancer inpatients: The Music Givers format
Toccafondi A, Bonacchi A, Mambrini A, Miccinesi G, Prosseda R, Cantore M
Palliative & supportive care · 10 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2017-03-28 · Palliat Support Care · vol. 16 · issue 6 · pp. 777–784
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Cited
- 20 citations · more than 72% of similar papers · 0.6× the field average
- References
- 42 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Empathy and Medical Education
- Keywords
- Anxiety, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Medicine, Intervention (counseling), Distress, Active listening, Depression (economics), Visual analogue scale, Physical therapy, Cancer, Clinical psychology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Internal medicine, Psychotherapist
- MeSH
- humans, neoplasms, music therapy, psychometrics, music, adolescent, adult, aged, middle aged, italy, female, male, surveys and questionnaires
6 authors
From IT, US
- Alessandro Toccafondi · correspondingEuropean Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas; Synesis
- Andrea BonacchiEuropean Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas; Synesis
- Andrea MambriniAzienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara
- Guido MiccinesiPrevention Institute
- Roberto ProssedaAccademia di Belle Arti di Carrara
- Maurizio CantoreAzienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara
Abstract
ABSTRACTObjective:The present study intended to evaluate the impact of a standardized format-called the "Music Givers," based on a single session of music intervention followed by a buffet-on the psychological burden and well-being of hospitalized cancer patients.
Method
The Distress Thermometer (DT), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and self-reported visual analogue scales (score range = 1-10) to assess pain, fatigue, and five areas of well-being (i.e., physical, psychological, relational, spiritual, and overall well-being) were administered to 242 cancer patients upon admission to and at discharge from the hospital. Among them, 103 were hospitalized during which time a live concert took place (intervention group), whereas 139 patients were hospitalized when it did not (control group).
Results
Compared to the control group, patients in the intervention group demonstrated less distress at discharge according to the DT (adjusted estimate of difference = -0.8, p = 0.001), lower HADS-Anxiety (-1.7, p < 0.001) and HADS-Depression scores (-1.3, p = 0.001), and higher scores on all the well-being scales, with the exception of spiritual well-being. In addition, no between-group differences were found in terms of pain and fatigue scores at discharge.
Significance of results
The one-session format of the Music Givers intervention is an effective, standardized, easy-to-replicate, and low-cost intervention that reduces psychological burden and improves the well-being of hospitalized cancer patients. Listening to live music and the opportunity to establish better relationships between patients and staff could explain these results.
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