Music therapy and emotional expression during chemotherapy. How do breast cancer patients feel?

Romito, Francesca; Lagattolla, Fulvia; Costanzo, Carla; Giotta, Francesco; Mattioli, V.

doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2013.04.001

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“…The study of terminal cancer patients was dependent on the length of life of the participants: patients engaged with the programme on a weekly or bi‐weekly basis until the end of life . One music therapy study delivered a single session to patients whilst they were undergoing chemotherapy . One dance/movement study required patients to participate in therapy twice a week for the first 6 weeks and once a week for the following 6 weeks .…”

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“…One study discussed using age as a stratifying variable for randomising , and one study used location to stratify within randomisation . Eight of the studies did not include information about allocation concealment ; two studies used sealed envelopes to assign participants to conditions . Nine studies did not blind participants or researchers .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One study incorporated blinding for research assistants . Seven studies did not report intention to treat analysis or information about missing data . Two studies used intention to treat analysis with one of these studies not imputing any missing data .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The other studies reported sources of bias such as week 0 assessments post‐randomisation , high attrition and a homogenous sample , analysis of the QoL indexes during the first two CPI sessions , the use of a non‐widely used scale , the lack of an active control group and the exclusion of outliers . Seven studies reported approval by ethical committees , whereas the remaining three studies did not report any approval or contact with ethical committees . Nine studies reported that patients provided consent ; one study made no reference to consent .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Seven studies reported approval by ethical committees , whereas the remaining three studies did not report any approval or contact with ethical committees . Nine studies reported that patients provided consent ; one study made no reference to consent . The studies used similar statistical methods to analyse their data (ANOVA, ANCOVA, hierarchical regression, etc), and these were judged to be appropriate for the study design.…”

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The effect of creative psychological interventions on psychological outcomes for adult cancer patients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

2014

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Objective: This systematic review examined the effectiveness of creative psychological interventions (CPIs) for adult cancer patients. In particular, the findings of randomised controlled trials of art, drama, dance/movement and music therapies on psychological outcomes were examined.Methods: The review yielded 10 original studies analysing data from a total of 488 patients. Data extraction and quality assessment were conducted by two independent reviewers.Results: Four of the papers focused on the use of art therapy, three studies used music therapy, one paper utilised dance therapy, one study used dance/movement therapy and the remaining paper used creative arts therapies, which was a combination of different art-based therapy approaches. Eight papers focused solely on breast cancer patients, and the remaining studies included mixed cancer sites/stages. The studies reported improvements in anxiety and depression, quality of life, coping, stress, anger and mood. However, few physical benefits of CPIs were reported; there was no significant impact of a CPI on physical aspects of quality of life, vigour-activity or fatigue-inertia or physical functioning. One study was assessed as high quality, seven studies were assessed as satisfactory and two studies were assessed to be of poorer quality.Conclusions: There is initial evidence that CPIs benefit adult cancer patients with respect to anxiety and depression, quality of life, coping, stress, anger and mood; there was no evidence to suggest that any one type of CPI was especially beneficial. However, more and better quality research needs to be conducted, particularly in the areas of drama and dance/movement therapies.

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Section: Assessment Of Quality and Risk Of Bias In Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Assessment Of Quality and Risk Of Bias In Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Assessment Of Quality and Risk Of Bias In Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Assessment Of Quality and Risk Of Bias In Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Music therapy for depression

Aalbers

Fusar-Poli

Freeman

et al. 2017

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Findings of the present meta-analysis indicate that music therapy provides short-term beneficial effects for people with depression. Music therapy added to treatment as usual (TAU) seems to improve depressive symptoms compared with TAU alone. Additionally, music therapy plus TAU is not associated with more or fewer adverse events than TAU alone. Music therapy also shows efficacy in decreasing anxiety levels and improving functioning of depressed individuals.Future trials based on adequate design and larger samples of children and adolescents are needed to consolidate our findings. Researchers should consider investigating mechanisms of music therapy for depression. It is important to clearly describe music therapy, TAU, the comparator condition, and the profession of the person who delivers the intervention, for reproducibility and comparison purposes.

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Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients

Bradt

Dileo

Magill

et al. 2016

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Music therapy and emotional expression during chemotherapy. How do breast cancer patients feel?

Cited by 27 publications

References 16 publications

The effect of creative psychological interventions on psychological outcomes for adult cancer patients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

The effect of creative psychological interventions on psychological outcomes for adult cancer patients: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Music therapy for depression

Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients

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