The Effect of Music on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy During COVID-19

Introduction: This study has been conducted to determine the effect of music on pain and anxiety levels in patients receiving chemotherapy during COVID-19.

Methods: The research has been carried out in a real trial model with adult patients receiving chemotherapy. The sample of the study is consisted of 92 patients (45 in the experimental group and 47 for the control group). The data have been collected by the researcher with Google Forms (using State and Transient Anxiety Inventory and Visual Analog Skala) between March 2020 and July 2020, through the links sent to the phones of participants on the day they received chemotherapy.

Results: The mean scores obtained from the post-test STAI (53.11±4.77) and VAS (3.44±2.53) scales in the experimental group have been determined to statistically significantly decrease when compared to the pre-test measurement data (STAI:54.26±4.26; VAS:4.22±2.41) (p<0.05). No statistically significant difference has been determined between pre-test and post-test mean scores of the patients in the control group.

Conclusion: It has been observed that music applications reduce the pain and anxiety levels of patients receiving chemotherapy during the COVID-19 process. It can be recommended to use music applications in the management of pain and anxiety symptoms.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Anxiety Disorders COVID-19 Chemotherapy Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Infections Lung Diseases Mental Disorders Neoplasms Neurologic Manifestations Nidovirales Infections Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Signs and Symptoms Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Vocational School of Health Services

Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Over the age 18,
Being able to communicate,
Being literate,
Having no diagnosis of psychiatric,
Have the necessary technological equipment (phone, internet, etc.)

Exclusion criteria

Existing infection
Receiving palliative chemotherapy

Treatment and study plan

Listening Music

Other

The patients in the experimental group were listened to music.

Not Listening Music

Other

The control group was not listened to music.

Primary outcomes

Google Forms (using State and Transient Anxiety Inventory and Visual Analog Skala)

Time frame: The posttest was administered 1 hour after the pretest.

The data have been collected by the researcher with Google Forms (using State and Transient Anxiety Inventory and Visual Analog Skala).The posttest was administered 1 hour after the pretest.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Inonu University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Apr 19, 2022
Registry last updated: Apr 20, 2022

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