ArticleBMC palliative care2020
Complementary music therapy for cancer patients in at-home palliative care and their caregivers: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Article in BMC palliative care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04052074 (Complementary Therapy in Home Palliative Care Patients and Their Caregivers. A Clinical Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Complementary Therapy in Home Palliative Care Patients and Their Caregivers. A Clinical Trial
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- Music-based interventions in the feeding environment on the gut microbiota of mice.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward cancer pain management amongst healthcare workers (physicians, pharmacists, and nurses): a cross-sectional study from first-tier cities in China.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Reliability of Frail and Barthel Tests for Detecting Frailty in Palliative Oncological Patients in a Home Hospitalization Unit: A Comparative Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Intervention to improve quality of sleep of palliative patient carers in the community: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2020Article
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- Harmonising Hope: Impact of Music Therapy on Cancer Pain and Palliative Care.Indian journal of palliative careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with advanced cancer, receiving at-home palliative care, are subject to numerous symptoms that are changeable and often require attention, a stressful situation that also impacts on the family caregiver. It has been suggested that music therapy may benefit both the patient and the caregiver. We propose a study to analyse the efficacy and cost utility of a music intervention programme, applied as complementary therapy, for cancer patients in palliative care and for their at-home caregivers, compared to usual treatment.
methodA randomised, double-blind, multicentre clinical trial will be performed in cancer patients in at-home palliative care and their family caregivers. The study population will include two samples of 40 patients and two samples of 41 caregivers. Participants will be randomly assigned either to the intervention group or to the control group. The intervention group will receive a seven-day programme including music sessions, while the control group will receive seven sessions of (spoken word) therapeutic education. In this study, the primary outcome measure is the assessment of patients' symptoms, according to the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, and of the overload experienced by family caregivers, measured by the Caregiver Strain Index. The secondary outcomes considered will be the participants' health-related quality of life, their satisfaction with the intervention, and an economic valuation. DISCUSSION: This study is expected to enhance our understanding of the efficacy and cost-utility of music therapy for cancer patients in palliative care and for their family caregivers. The results of this project are expected to be applicable and transferrable to usual clinical practice for patients in home palliative care and for their caregivers. The approach described can be incorporated as an additional therapeutic resource within comprehensive palliative care. To our knowledge, no previous high quality studies, based on a double-blind clinical trial, have been undertaken to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of music therapy. The cost-effectiveness of the project will provide information to support decision making, thereby improving the management of health resources and their use within the health system.
trial registrationThe COMTHECARE study is registered at Clinical Trials.gov, NCT04052074. Registered 9 August, 2019.
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