Impact of a Music Intervention on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Lima TU, Moura ECR, Oliveira CMB, Leal RJDC, Nogueira Neto J, Pereira EC, Nascimento RVB, Oliveira EJSG, Leal PDC
Integrative cancer therapies · 30 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
- 2020-01-01 · Integr Cancer Ther · vol. 19 · p. 1534735420938430
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Cited
- 64 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 6.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 33 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY-NC
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Cancer survivorship and care · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Keywords
- Medicine, Breast cancer, Anxiety, Quality of life (healthcare), Randomized controlled trial, Adverse effect, Vomiting, Nausea, Clinical trial, Internal medicine, Psychological intervention, Music therapy, Physical therapy, Incidence (geometry), Cancer, Psychiatry, Nursing
- MeSH
- humans, breast neoplasms, music therapy, depression, anxiety, quality of life, music, female
9 authors
From BR
- Talita Uchoa LimaUniversidade Federal do Maranhão
- Ed Carlos Rey MouraUniversidade Federal do Maranhão
- Caio Márcio Barros de OliveiraUniversidade Federal do Maranhão
- Rachel Jorge Dino Cossetti Leal
- João Nogueira NetoUniversidade Federal do Maranhão
- Emanuel Cabral PereiraUniversidade Federal do Maranhão
Abstract
Background: Music can influence human behavior and may be used as a complementary therapy in health care. Objectives: To assess the effect of music interventions on symptoms, adverse events, and quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (CT). Design: Nonblinded, randomized clinical trial. Women with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant CT were randomized into 2 groups-Group Music (GM) or Group Control (GC)-and followed during the first 3 cycles of treatment. Measurements: Sociodemographic data, WHOQOL-BREF, BDI-II, BAI, and Chemotherapy Toxicity Scale were assessed. Patients were evaluated after each session of the first 3 CT cycles. GM underwent a 30-minute musical intervention before CT. There was no intervention in the GC. Continuous data were analyzed by Student's t test, and χ2 test was used to compare qualitative variables. Results: Higher QoL scores on functional scales were observed for the GM in comparison to the GC after the first and third sessions of CT. Depression (P P P Conclusions: Improvements in QoL, anxiety, depression, and incidence of vomiting were associated with the music intervention, suggesting a positive effect of the music intervention on adverse events of cancer CT.
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