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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022

Is music intervention effective in reducing anxiety and pain during breast biopsy procedure? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Ahmed S A Ashour, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad, Mariam Yohanna, Mostafa El-Nagar, Ahmed Nasser Fadl, Gehad Mohammed Goda, Yassamine Ouerdane, Hany Saad, Mona Fouad, Noura El-Nassery and 2 more

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 authors.

Ahmed S A AshourDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Abd-ElGawadFaculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Mariam YohannaFaculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Mostafa El-NagarFaculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Ahmed Nasser FadlFaculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Gehad Mohammed GodaFaculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
Yassamine OuerdaneFaculty of Medicine, Saad Dahleb University, Blida, Algeria.
Hany SaadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mona FouadDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Noura El-NasseryDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed Abdelmonem KamelFaculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt. ma3701@fayoum.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8472-269X
Iman EzahabyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the evidence from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) about the effect of music intervention in reducing patients' anxiety during breast biopsy.

methodsElectronic databases including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched using the relevant MeSH terms. The inclusion criteria were all RCTs assessing the effect of music therapy versus no music in reducing anxiety during breast biopsy. The extracted outcomes were anxiety and pain during breast biopsy. They were pooled as mean difference (MD) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) in a fixed-effects model, using Review Manager 5.3 software for windows. The quality of included studies was assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool (RoB 1.0). Then, the outcomes of our meta-analyses were independently evaluated by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) to know the grade of their evidence.

resultsThe final analysis included five RCTs. We found a positive effect of music therapy in reducing anxiety levels compared with control group (MD =  - 2.11; 95% CI (- 4.16 to - 0.06); p = 0.04). No difference between music and control groups regarding pain associated with breast biopsy (MD = 0.22; 95% CI (- 0.81 to 1.25); p = 0.68). The GRADE rating of our outcomes was low for anxiety levels and very low for pain during the biopsy.

conclusionsMusic therapy could be an effective, simple, non-pharmacological option in relieving anxiety during breast biopsy; however, it had no effect on procedure-associated pain. More large and high-quality studies are needed to confirm our results.

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Music TherapyAnxietyBiopsyHumansPainRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAnxietyBreast biopsyMusicPain reliefSymphony

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PMID36350377
PMCPMC9715451

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