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We conclude that music interventions may have beneficial effects on anxiety, depression, hope, pain, and fatigue in adults with cancer. Furthermore, music may have a small positive effect on heart rate and blood pressure.
Music therapy can be a safe place for people to explore fear, anxiety, anger and the range of emotional responses to living with cancer. Some studies show that music therapy can help children with cancer to cope by encouraging them to cooperate and communicate.
There are many benefits of music therapy for cancer patients—interactive music therapy techniques (instrumental improvisation, singing) as well as receptive music therapy techniques (listening to recorded or live music, music and imaginary) can be used to improve mood, decrease stress, pain, anxiety level and enhance relaxation.
As such, music therapy is highly recommended to be incorporated into healthcare services for people with cancer. The use of music therapy among cancer patients is helpful and supportive in ameliorating the depressive symptoms and anxiety exhibited by people with cancer.
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Used in various settings including hospitals, hospice care, and home care, therapeutic music utilizes live music to provide an environment to encourage the healing process. Therapeutic musicians are certified through various training programs and have credentials offered by their specific programs. Live therapeutic music has been shown to help redu...
According to the American Music Therapy Association, this practice uses music to address emotional, social, physical, and cognitive needs of individuals. Music therapy can be used with all ages, from work with pre-natal to hospice and end of life care and anyone in between, including people with cancer. The music is used as a tool to reach non-musi...
Stephanie is a graduate of the Music for Healing and Transition Program and works as a certified music practitioner, providing live therapeutic harp music at the bedside. The Vibroacoustic Harp Therapy(VAHT) process harnesses the harp’s natural vibrations via amplification and channels them directly into a special mat that has embedded speakers. Th...
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Aug 4, 2024 · Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: Music therapy may reduce CINV for patients with gastrointestinal cancer, but evidence in other cancers is limited and contradictory (two SRs, n=7, n=25 mixed-design). Fatigue: Music interventions can reduce cancer-related fatigue based on one overview of five SRs, including between three and eight RCTs.
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Oct 12, 2021 · Music interventions have been used to alleviate symptoms and treatment side effects in people with cancer. This review includes music interventions defined as music therapy offered by trained music therapists, as well as music medicine, which was defined as listening to pre-recorded music offered by medical staff.
