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Live music intervention for cancer inpatients: The Music Givers format

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

Alessandro Toccafondi ,
Andrea Bonacchi ,
Andrea Mambrini ,
Guido Miccinesi ,
Roberto Prosseda  and
Maurizio Cantore
Alessandro Toccafondi*
Affiliation:
Centro Studi e Ricerca Synthesis, Florence, Italy
Andrea Bonacchi
Affiliation:
Centro Studi e Ricerca Synthesis, Florence, Italy Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research and Prevention, Florence, Italy
Andrea Mambrini
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale (AUSL) 1, Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy
Guido Miccinesi
Affiliation:
Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research and Prevention, Florence, Italy
Roberto Prosseda
Affiliation:
Donatori di Musica, Massa Carrara, Italy
Maurizio Cantore
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale (AUSL) 1, Massa Carrara, Tuscany, Italy
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Alessandro Toccafondi, Via delle Forbici, 4 Florence, Italy. E-mail: alessandrotoccafondi@centrosynthesis.it.
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Abstract

Objective:

The present study intended to evaluate the impact of a standardized format—called the “Music Givers,” based on a single session of music intervention followed by a buffet—on the psychological burden and well-being of hospitalized cancer patients.

Method:

The Distress Thermometer (DT), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and self-reported visual analogue scales (score range = 1–10) to assess pain, fatigue, and five areas of well-being (i.e., physical, psychological, relational, spiritual, and overall well-being) were administered to 242 cancer patients upon admission to and at discharge from the hospital. Among them, 103 were hospitalized during which time a live concert took place (intervention group), whereas 139 patients were hospitalized when it did not (control group).

Results:

Compared to the control group, patients in the intervention group demonstrated less distress at discharge according to the DT (adjusted estimate of difference = –0.8, p = 0.001), lower HADS–Anxiety (–1.7, p < 0.001) and HADS–Depression scores (–1.3, p = 0.001), and higher scores on all the well-being scales, with the exception of spiritual well-being. In addition, no between-group differences were found in terms of pain and fatigue scores at discharge.

Significance of results:

The one-session format of the Music Givers intervention is an effective, standardized, easy-to-replicate, and low-cost intervention that reduces psychological burden and improves the well-being of hospitalized cancer patients. Listening to live music and the opportunity to establish better relationships between patients and staff could explain these results.

Keywords

CancerMusic interventionDistressAnxietyDepression

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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , December 2018 , pp. 777 - 784
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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