Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021
The efficacy of music therapy to relieve pain, anxiety, and promote sleep quality, in patients with small cell lung cancer receiving platinum-based chemotherapy.
Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Creative Arts Therapy for Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of music therapy on anxiety, depression, pain and sleep quality of lung cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- A dual-database bibliometric analysis of music-based interventions and pain from 2004 to 2024.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of music in improving the recovery of cardiothoracic surgery: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Pooled it
- 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 · 2023Pooled it
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- Effect of music therapy combined with aerobic exercise on sleep quality among breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy after a radical mastectomy: a randomized controlled trial.BMC women's health · 2024Trial
- The effect of two different types of music played to cancer patients during chemotherapy on anxiety, nausea, and satisfaction levels.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
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- CYP2D6 gene polymorphisms influence postoperative pain sensitivity and drug response in lung cancer surgery.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2026Article
- Acoustic features of music differentially modulate anxiety through EEG gamma oscillations and prefrontal connectivity.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Construction of the central symptom cluster management program for patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a Delphi study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Music therapy for patients with depression: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.BJPsych open · 2025Review
- Impact of Empowerment Education Concept Plus Humanistic Care on Moods and Quality of Life in Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.Psychiatry and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeChemotherapy induces a range of physical and psychological symptoms, including pain, sleep disorders, fatigue, and anxiety. We aimed to assess the efficacy of six-step music therapy in relieving pain and anxiety and improving sleep quality in lung cancer patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy.
methodsBetween March 2013 and October 2015, we enrolled a total of 100 patients who were diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and scheduled for platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients were randomly assigned to two groups: the music therapy group (received six-step music therapy, n=50) and the control group (not received six-step music therapy, n=50). The anxiety, pain, and sleep quality of all patients were assessed using the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), the visual analogue scale (VAS), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively.
resultsThere were no significant differences in the demographic characteristics and music background between the two groups. The SAS and VAS scores in the two groups were not statistically different before chemotherapy. However, patients in the music therapy group showed significantly lower SAS and VAS scores compared with the control group at both 1 day and 5 days after chemotherapy. (SAS score at 1-day post-therapy, 49.48±2.14 vs 61.46±8.8, P=0.011; SAS score at 5-day post-therapy, 39.73±1.79 vs 62.02±8.83, P=0.005; VAS score at 1-day post-therapy, 2.14±0.78 vs 4.74±1.01, P=0.005; VAS score at 5-day post-therapy, 2.06±0.79 vs 4.74±1.08, P=0.004). In addition, the total PSQI score of patients who received music therapy was also significantly higher than that of the control group after therapy (total PSQI score at 1-day post-therapy, 8.50±1.69 vs 17.81±3.01, P=0.006; total PSQI score at 5-day post-chemotherapy, 9.84±3.02 vs 18.66±2.91, P=0.012).
conclusionThe music therapy was an effective approach in alleviating pain and anxiety and promoting sleep quality in lung cancer patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry (registration number: ChiCTR-TRC-13003993).
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