Impact of Music Therapy on Anxiety in Patients With Cancer Undergoing Simulation for Radiation Therapy

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety and Distress

Treatments: Other: music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02150395

IRB 199-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study looks at the effects of a protocolized music therapy intervention on state anxiety for patients with cancer undergoing simulation for radiation therapy. Simulation, which is an imaging and diagnostic procedure, has been identified as producing significantly high levels of anxiety in many cancer patients.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer, and newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancer.
• 18 or over.
• Fluent in English.

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years.
• Pre-existing anxiety disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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82 participants in 2 patient groups

music therapy

Experimental group

Description:

pt received a protocolized music therapy intervention that included altered state induction, music driven guided visualiztion, and psychoeducation on relaxation techniques to be used during simulation for radiation therapy. Prescribed pre-recorded music program provided to be used during simulation.

Treatment:

Other: music therapy

control

No Intervention group

Description:

no intervention