Music Therapy in Various Physical and Mental Conditions and Its Effects on Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy

Year 2025, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 225 - 243, 30.06.2025

Ünal Önsüz , Gülbeyaz Can

https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1439639

Abstract

Music therapy is widely used as a non-pharmacological intervention in a variety of different clinical and therapeutic settings. Several studies have been conducted on the possible effect of music on immediate symptoms, especially anxiety, stress and pain, resulting from disease states and/or invasive medical procedures. The aim of this review is to discuss the use of music therapy in various physical and mental disorders and to examine its effects on adult cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. The results obtained show that music therapy applications have the potential to be used alone or in combination with standard pharmacological treatment to reduce perceived pain, anxiety and fatigue levels in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy during their treatment and may have positive effects on improving the experience of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy during the treatment process. It is stated that more well-designed research is needed to investigate the effects of music therapy, especially in the field of radiation oncology.

Keywords

Cancer, radiotherapy, music therapy, anxiety, fatigue, pain

Müzik Terapisinin Çeşitli Fiziksel ve Ruhsal Durumlarda Kullanımı ve Radyoterapi Alan Kanser Hastalarında Etkileri

Abstract

Müzik ve müzik terapisi, çeşitli nitelikteki farklı klinik ve terapötik ortamlarda, farmakolojik olmayan müdahale yöntemleri olarak yaygın şekilde kullanılmaktadır. Müziğin, hastalık durumlarından ve/veya özellikle invaziv tıbbi prosedürlerden kaynaklanan, özellikle anksiyete, stres ve ağrı gibi anlık semptomlar üzerindeki olası etkisi ile ilgili çeşitli çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Bu derlemenin amacı, müzik terapi uygulamasının çeşitli fiziksel ve tuhsal bozukluklarda kullanımından söz ederek, radyasyon tedavisi gören yetişkin kanserli hastalar üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektir. Elde edilen sonuçlar, müzik terapi uygulamalarının radyoterapi alan kanser hastalarında tedavileri sırasında algılanan ağrı, anksiyete ve yorgunluk seviyelerini azaltmak için standart farmakolojik tedavi ile birlikte ya da tek başına kullanılma potansiyeline sahip olduğunu ve radyoterapi alan kanser hastalarının tedavi sürecindeki deneyimini iyileştirmede olumlu etkileri olabileceğini göstermektedir. Müzik terapisinin özellikle radyasyon onkolojisi alanındaki etkilerini araştırmak için iyi tasarlanmış daha fazla araştırmaya ihtiyaç olduğu belirtilmektedir.

Keywords

Kanser, radyoterapi, müzik terapi, kaygı, yorgunluk, ağrı

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