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- Title
Impact of a Music Intervention on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Authors
Lima, Talita Uchoa; Moura, Ed Carlos Rey; Oliveira, Caio Márcio Barros de; Leal, Rachel Jorge Dino Cossetti; Nogueira Neto, João; Pereira, Emanuel Cabral; Nascimento, Raniere Victor Braga; Oliveira, Eduardo José Silva Gomes de; Leal, Plínio da Cunha
- 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 <.001) and anxiety scores (P <.001) and vomiting (P <.01) incidence were lower for the GM in the third session of CT. All the participants in the GM reported positive changes in life in the Subjective Impression of the Subject questionnaire, as well as improvement in fatigue and reduced stress levels. 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.
- Subjects
BREAST tumors; CANCER chemotherapy; CHI-squared test; MUSIC therapy; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; T-test (Statistics); RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Integrative Cancer Therapies, 2020, Vol 19, p1
- ISSN
1534-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1534735420938430