Effects of Music Intervention Combined With Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Cancer Patients

The Nethersole School of Nursing

Status

Completed

Conditions

Cancer

Treatments

Other: progressive muscle relaxation

Other: Listening to relaxing music once/day

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05262621

TheNethersole

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study design A 2-arm, assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial will be conducted. The design will follow the Standard Protocol Items Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT)

Full description

Aim: To assess the effect of MCP on anxiety, depression and QoL of BGC patients receiving chemotherapy.

Objectives

To assess the effect of MCP on the anxiety of BGC patients receiving chemotherapy.
To assess the effect of MCP on depression of BGC patients receiving chemotherapy.
To assess the effect of MCP on QoL and patients' satisfaction of BGC patients receiving chemotherapy.
To determine whether stress level, coping and coping styles mediate the intervention effect on anxiety, depression and QoL.

Hypothesis

The participants receiving MCP will have a significantly lower level of anxiety compared to the control group.
The participants receiving MCP will have a significantly lower level of depression compared to the control group.
The participants receiving MCP will have significantly higher QoL scores and levels of satisfaction with care service compared to the control group.
Stress level, coping will mediate the intervention on target outcomes.

Enrollment

84 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Women with breast or gynaecological cancer are 18 years of age or older, and are independent legally to sign the consent form.
Living with family and having an adult family member agree to participate in the meeting part of the program.
Had been informed the cancer diagnosis
Have Karnofsky score (Mor et al., 1984) ≥ 80 ( to be able to self-practice MCP)
Can communicate, read and write in Vietnamese
Have a device such as a smartphone, MP3 to keep the audio file (to self-practice MCP at home)
Consent to join the study

Exclusion criteria

The patients cannot understand the study procedures
Have mental health illness, deafness, blindness
Have not been aware of their cancer or the purpose of chemotherapy
Be participating in other studies related to psychological issues
Be receiving anxiety or depression treatment.
Be participating in relaxation therapy such as yoga, meditation, mindfulness, PMR...
Have a potential treatment (eg. surgery) or personal plans that will prevent them from practising daily during the 6 weeks of the intervention.