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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2020

Music Therapy in the Psychosocial Treatment of Adult Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Friederike Köhler, Zoe-Sofia Martin, Ruth-Susanne Hertrampf, Christine Gäbel, Jens Kessler, Beate Ditzen, Marco Warth

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 45 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
16.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of music-based interventions on cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress: an overview of systematic reviews.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  5. Music interventions can alleviate cancer-related fatigue: a metaanalysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  8. Receptive music therapy versus group music therapy with breast cancer patients hospitalized for surgery.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  9. Music Therapy in Preterm Infants Reduces Maternal Distress.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  11. Effects of music therapy in cancer patients undergoing infusion chemotherapy: a prospective cohort observational study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Friederike KöhlerInstitute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Zoe-Sofia MartinRuprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ruth-Susanne HertrampfDepartment of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Christine GäbelInstitute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jens KesslerCenter of Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Beate DitzenInstitute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Marco WarthInstitute of Medical Psychology, Center for Psychosocial Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEAalborg University · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cancercomplementary therapieseffectivenessmusic therapyoncologyquality of liferandomized controlled trialssupportive care

Identifiers

PMID32373019
PMCPMC7179738
OpenAlexW3016739949

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Registered trials

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