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The Effect of Music Therapy on Sleep Quality of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy: A Randomized control trial

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  • SeemaVinayak

    (Department of Psychology, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, India)

  • Farnaz Dehkhoda

    (Ph.D Scholar, Psychology Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India)

  • RohinVinayak

    (MBBS Student, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India)

Abstract

Poor sleep quality is frequent in patients undergoing cancer treatment such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In the present study, an effectiveness of music therapy on the quality of sleep in cancer patients was evaluated. 184 adult cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy were selected from the population who met the inclusion criteria based on convenience sampling. They were randomly assigned to three groups: two intervention groups of active or receptive music therapy and a control group. Participants completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index at pre-intervention and post-intervention stages. Ten sessions of active or receptive music therapy were applied to the intervention groups, while the control group received only routine medical care. Every session was of 20-30 minutes. Receptive music therapy involved patient’s preferred Persian pop music, and active music therapy involved playing guitar and singing under training and supervision of a music-therapist. Two-way Analysis of Covariance indicated significant differences between results of pre-test and post-test on sleep quality in both intervention groups. It showed the effectiveness of music therapy in experimental groups, as compared to the control group, and revealed active music therapy to be more effective to improve sleep quality. No gender difference was found on the results. The study has great implications for sleep quality improvement in the cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

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  • SeemaVinayak & Farnaz Dehkhoda & RohinVinayak, 2017. "The Effect of Music Therapy on Sleep Quality of Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy: A Randomized control trial," Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), , vol. 6(4), pages 734-743, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:jso:coejss:v:6:y:2017:i:4:p:734-743
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