Effect of music intervention on quality of life in advanced cancer patients during chemotherapy

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of music therapy on reducing chemotherapy toxicity, improving the quality of life of the patients with advanced cancer patients during chemotherapy.Methods According to psychological law characteristics of patients, we design a music system, including: morning nursing A song, analgesia B, dine C song, sleep D song. 100 advanced cancer patients from the affiliated hospital of guangdong medical college, between June 2009 and June 2010, were enrolled in this study. They were randomly divided into two groups according to numerical table. The control group (50 patients) received routine nursing, while the experimental group (50 patients) received music therapy intervention during each chemotherapy process or break. The effects were evaluated from two aspects: the side effects of chemotherapy and the changes of blood-routine after chemotherapy.Results The experimental group feel cheerfulness, tranquil at every time after chemotherapy and the degree of adverse reaction is light, than the control group, and there were significant differences between them (P .05), and the SANS scores were significantly different between the two groups(P<0.05).Conclusions Music intervention during each chemotherapy process can reduce side effects of chemotherapy, balance patients' blood-route, ease patients' psychological fear, and directly improve survival quality. Key words: Advanced cancer; Musical intervention; Nursing; Quality of life