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SynthesisSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2023

Effects of music-based interventions on cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress: an overview of systematic reviews.

Ana Trigueros-Murillo, Javier Martinez-Calderon, María Jesús Casuso-Holgado, Paula González-García, Alberto Marcos Heredia-Rizo

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Synthesis in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2023. 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 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. [Rehabilitative strategies in cancer-related fatigue].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ana Trigueros-MurilloDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1881-960X
Javier Martinez-CalderonDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1332-4544
María Jesús Casuso-HolgadoDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4217-6827
Paula González-GarcíaDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain. pgonzalez@us.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6375-7540
Alberto Marcos Heredia-RizoDepartamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2847-2846

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo summarize the available evidence from systematic reviews with meta-analysis on the effects of music-based interventions in adults diagnosed with cancer.

methodsAn overview of systematic reviews was conducted. CINHAL, Embase, PEDro, PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched from inception until November 2022. Systematic reviews with meta-analysis in individuals with cancer (any type), any comparator, and outcomes of cancer-related pain, fatigue, and psychosocial symptoms were eligible. The methodological quality of systematic reviews and the amount of spin of information in the abstract were assessed. The Graphical Representation of Overlap for OVErviews tool (GROOVE) was used to explore the overlap of primary studies among systematic reviews.

resultsThirteen systematic reviews, with over 9000 participants, containing 119 randomized trials and 34 meta-analyses of interest, were included. Music-based interventions involved passive music listening or patients' active engagement. Most systematic reviews lacked a comprehensive search strategy, did not assess the certainty in the evidence and discussed their findings without considering the risk of bias of primary studies. The degree of overlap was moderate (5.81%). Overall, combining music-based interventions and standard care seems to be more effective than standard care to reduce cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress. Mixed findings were found for other psychosocial measures.

conclusionMusic-based interventions could be an interesting approach to modulate cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress in adults with cancer. The variability among interventions, together with important methodological biases, detract from the clinical relevance of these findings.

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Cancer PainMusicNeoplasmsAdultAnxietyFatigueHumansSystematic Reviews as TopicCancerFatigue: Meta-analysisMusic therapyPainSystematic review

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PMID37486578
PMCPMC10366242

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