Effect of music ıntervention on anxiety levels in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy

Abstract

Aim: Diagnosis and treatment of malignancies may cause distress in patients. Complementary treatments like music intervention to relieve anxiety of cancer patients is a new paradigm. We aimed to evaluate the effect of music intervention on anxiety in patients undergoing radiotherapy. Material and Methods: One hundred patients who received radiotherapy with curative intent were included in the study. Patients were divided into music intervention and control groups. Each group consisted of 50 patients but three patients from the music intervention group and 2 patients from the control group were excluded from the analysis because they could not completely fill in the questionnaires. In music intervention group patients selected the type of music they desired to listen freely during radiotherapy. Music intervention was not used in the control group during radiotherapy.. Anxiety levels were evaluated with STAI-I and BAI questionnaires after the first session of radiotherapy in both groups. STAI-II was implemented before radiotherapy Results: Forty-eight patients in the control and 47 patients in the music intervention group were included in the analyses. The mean STAI-I scores after radiotherapy were 42.1 ± 11.1 and 29.9 ± 6.7 in the control and music intervention groups, respectively with a statistically significant intergroup difference (p=0.000). The mean BAI scores after RT were 19.96 ± 6.3 and 13.3 ± 3.1 in the control and music intervention groups, respectively with a statistically significant difference. (p=0.000). Conclusion: Music intervention during radiotherapy sessions may be effective on reducing the radiotherapy-related anxiety in cancer patients.

Keywords

• Cancer
• Anxiety
• Music interventions
• Radiotherapy

Kanser hastalarında radyoterapi sırasında müzik dinlemenin anksiyete seviyelerine etkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Kanser tanı ve tedavisi hastalarda kaygıya neden olabilmektedir. Kanserli hastaların kaygılarını azaltmak için müzik müdahalesi gibi tamamlayıcı tedaviler güncel yaklaşımlardır. Bu çalışmada Radyoterapi alan hastalarda müzik müdahalesinin kaygı üzerine etkisini değerlendirmeyi amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Küratif amaçlı radyoterapi alan 100 hasta çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hastalar müzik müdahale ve kontrol gruplarına ayrıldı. Her grup 50 hastadan oluşmakta ancak müzik müdahale grubundan 3, kontrol grubundan 2 hasta anketleri tamamlayamadıklarından analize dahil edilmediler. Müzik müdahale grubundaki hastalar radyoterapi sırasında dinleyecekleri müzik türünü kendileri seçtiler. Kontrol grubuna radyoterapi sırasında müzik dinletilmedi. Her iki grupta ilk radyoterapi uygulaması sonrası kaygı düzeyleri STAI-I ve BAI anketleri ile değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Kontrol grubunda 48 hasta ve müzik grubunda 47 hasta analiz edildi. Radyoterapi sonrası ortalama STAI-I skorları kontrol ve müzik gruplarında sırasıyla 42.1 ± 11.1 ve 29.9 ± 6.7 olarak bulundu ve istatistiksel olarak farklılık vardı (p=0.000). Radyoterapi sonrası ortalama BAI skorları kontrol ve müzik gruplarında sırasıyla 19.96 ± 6.3 and 13.3 ± 3.1 olarak bulundu ve istatistiksel olarak farklılık vardı (p=0.000). Sonuç: Radyoterapi sırasında müzik dinlemek kanser hastalarında kaygıyı azaltmada etkili olabilmektedir.

Keywords

• kanser
• kaygı
• müzik müdahaleleri
• radyoterapi

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