MUSIC THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER: Music therapy to alleviate perception of pain and improve mood of children with cancer during the diagnosis phase
Translated title
MUSIC THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER
Author
Mangas, Sonia Suero
Term
2. term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-06-02
Pages
118
Abstract
Dette studie i et hospitalsmiljø undersøgte, om improvisatorisk musikterapi kan mindske smerte og forbedre humør hos fire børn, der for nylig har fået en kræftdiagnose. Med et kvantitativt pre-post-design og én forsøgsgruppe modtog hvert barn 5-6 individuelle sessioner på deres hospitalsstue. Subjektiv smerte (Wong-Baker FACES-skalaen, 1997) og humør (EVEA-skalaen, Sanz, 2001) blev registreret før og efter interventionen. Børnene, deres familier og de primære sygeplejersker udfyldte målingerne før og efter. Data blev analyseret med deskriptiv statistik (middelværdi, varians, standardafvigelse) og en parret t-test for at vurdere ændringer. Resultaterne viste en positiv tendens på begge mål: Børnene rapporterede mindre smerte, mindre vrede, frygt og tristhed samt mere glæde efter musikterapi. Familiernes vurderinger understøttede overordnet børnenes, omend der var nogle forskelle. Sygeplejerskernes vurderinger afveg fra børnenes. Selvom udvalget er meget lille og der er behov for mere forskning, tyder fundene på, at musikterapi kan hjælpe med at forbedre livskvaliteten for indlagte børn med kræft.
In a hospital setting, this study examined whether improvisational music therapy could reduce pain and improve mood in four children recently diagnosed with cancer. Using a quantitative pre-post design with one experimental group, each child received 5-6 individual sessions in their hospital room. Subjective pain (Wong-Baker FACES scale, 1997) and mood (EVEA scale, Sanz, 2001) were recorded before and after the intervention. Children, their families, and the primary nurses completed the pre- and post-measures. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics (means, variance, standard deviation) and a paired-samples t-test to assess change. Results showed a positive trend on both outcomes: children reported lower pain, less anger, fear, and sadness, and greater happiness after music therapy. Family ratings generally supported the children’s reports, though some differences were observed. Nurses’ ratings differed from the children’s ratings. Although the sample is very small and more research is needed, these findings suggest that music therapy may help improve the quality of life of hospitalized children with cancer.
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