Music Therapy Reduces Radiotherapy-Induced Fatigue in Patients With Breast or Gynecological Cancer: A Randomized Trial
Alcântara-Silva TR, de Freitas-Junior R, Freitas NMA, de Paula Junior W, da Silva DJ, Machado GDP, Ribeiro MKA, Carneiro JP, Soares LR
Integrative cancer therapies · 48 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2018-04-10 · Integr Cancer Ther · vol. 17 · issue 3 · pp. 628–635
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Cited
- 153 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 22.3× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 28 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Cancer survivorship and care · Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Keywords
- Medicine, Radiation therapy, Randomized controlled trial, Quality of life (healthcare), Music therapy, Breast cancer, Depression (economics), Beck Depression Inventory, Physical therapy, Cancer, Internal medicine, Anxiety, Psychiatry
- MeSH
- humans, breast neoplasms, genital neoplasms, female, fatigue, music therapy, radiotherapy, prospective studies, middle aged, female
9 authors
From BR
- Tereza Raquel Alcântara-Silva · correspondingUniversidade Federal de Goiás
- Ruffo Freitas‐JúniorUniversidade Federal de Goiás
- Nilceana Maya Aires Freitas
- Wanderley de Paula
- Delson José da SilvaHospital Araújo Jorge; Universidade Federal de Goiás
- Graziela Dias Pinheiro Machado
Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the influence of music therapy on the reduction of fatigue in women with breast or gynecological malignant neoplasia during radiotherapy, since it is one of the most frequent side effects of this type of treatment, and may interfere with self-esteem, social activities, and quality of life.
Experimental design
Randomized controlled trial (control group [CG] and music therapy group [MTG]) to assess fatigue, quality of life, and symptoms of depression in women undergoing radiotherapy using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy: Fatigue (FACT-F) version 4, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) version 4, and Beck Depression Inventory in 3 separate times, namely, during the first week of radiotherapy, on the week of the intermediary phase, and during the last week of radiotherapy. Individual 30- to 40-minute sessions of music therapy with the presence of a trained music therapist were offered to participants.
Results
In this study, 164 women were randomized and 116 (63 CG and 53 MTG) were included in the analyses, with mean age of 52.90 years (CG) and 51.85 years (MTG). Participants in the MTG had an average of 10 music therapy sessions, totaling 509 sessions throughout the study. FACT-F results were significant regarding Trial Outcome Index ( P = .011), FACT-G ( P = .005), and FACT-F ( P = .001) for the MTG compared with the CG.
Conclusions
Individual music therapy sessions may be effective to reduce fatigue related to cancer and symptoms of depression, as well as to improve quality of life for women with breast or gynecological cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Further well-designed research studies are needed to adequately determine the effects of music therapy on fatigue.
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