Abstract
Introduction: Music and massage therapy are among the approaches of complementary medicine. Patients with cancer have been hugely encouraged in recent years to use complementary medicine to relieve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of music and periorbital massage therapy on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.Methods: The present single-blind clinical trial study was conducted on 60 patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing chemotherapy who were randomly assigned to control and music plus massage therapy groups. Two interventions were concurrently carried out on patients in music plus massage therapy group while receiving chemotherapy medication, but the control group received no intervention. Rhodes questionnaire was used to assess nausea and vomiting before and 24 hours after chemotherapy. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistical tests (Chi-square and t-tests).Results: Music plus periorbital massage therapy significantly reduced nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy compared to the control group.Conclusion: According to the results, using music plus periorbital massage improves nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy, and can be considered as a complementary medicine method in conjunction with other medicinal therapies to relieve symptoms of patients with cancer.
Highlights
Music and massage therapy are among the approaches of complementary medicine
With regard to the type of cancer, stomach cancer (43.3%), colon (41.7%), and esophagus (15%) were the most frequent respectively, and no significant difference was found between the two groups (P>0.05) (Table 1) Using the independent t-test showed no significant difference between the two groups in the level of nausea and vomiting before administration of chemotherapy medications (Tables 2 and 3), and they matched in terms of anticipatory nausea and vomiting (P>0.05)
Using paired t-test before and after chemotherapy showed that there was a significant difference between the mean of nausea and vomiting before and after chemotherapy in the control group but this difference was not significant in the intervention group
Summary
Patients with cancer have been hugely encouraged in recent years to use complementary medicine to relieve chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of music and periorbital massage therapy on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Methods: The present single-blind clinical trial study was conducted on 60 patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing chemotherapy who were randomly assigned to control and music plus massage therapy groups. Results: Music plus periorbital massage therapy significantly reduced nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy compared to the control group. Conclusion: According to the results, using music plus periorbital massage improves nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy, and can be considered as a complementary medicine method in conjunction with other medicinal therapies to relieve symptoms of patients with cancer. Despite the availability of new anti-nausea medications, the full control of these complications is not achieved yet, such that about 50% of people suffer from this condition despite receiving anti-nausea medications, and reducing the incidence of these complications has become a challenge.[9]
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