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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2022

Music therapy effect on anxiety reduction among patients with cancer: A meta-analysis.

Lu Zang, Chunliang Cheng, Yongxin Zhou, Xuemei Liu

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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2026
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  11. Interventions to Reduce Psychosocial Burden in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Narrative Review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lu ZangSchool of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Chunliang ChengDepartment of Urology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Yongxin ZhouSchool of Music, Theatre and Dance, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Xuemei LiuSchool of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Central South University · CNUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USXiangya Hospital Central South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The study aimed to investigate the effect of music therapy on anxiety alleviation among cancer patients. Methods: A comprehensive literature research was performed in four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science). Fifteen randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included. The risk of bias for the RCTs was evaluated by the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. Anxiety levels were extracted to synthesize the combined effect by using meta-analysis. All analyses were performed using R version 4.0.4. Results: In total, 15 RCTs met the inclusion criteria involving 1320 cancer patients (662 patients in the experimental group and 658 patients in the controlled group). The majority of interventions were performed with recorded music lasting for 15-60 minutes. Compared with standard care, music intervention had a moderate superiority of anxiety alleviation (SMD: -0.54, 95% CI: [-0.92, -0.16]). Discussion: Music intervention could reduce cancer-related anxiety moderately. Nevertheless, the result should be interpreted with caution as high heterogeneity in this pooled study. Well-designed trials with higher quality were still warranted in the future.

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cancermental healthmeta-analysismusicmusic therapy

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PMID36687940
PMCPMC9853974
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