TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Chinese medicine five-element music on the quality of life for advanced cancer patients
T2 - A randomized controlled trial
AU - Liao, Juan
AU - Yang, Yu Fei
AU - Cohen, Lorenzo
AU - Zhao, Yuan Chen
AU - Xu, Yun
N1 - Funding Information:
©The Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 Supported by the project of Chinese Geriatric Oncology Society of the "Eleventh five-year" Plan of Ministry of Civil Affairs (No. 2008-47-2-45) 1. Oncology Department of Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing (100091), China; 2. The University of Texas MD. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas (77030), USA Correspondence to: Dr. LIAO Juan, Tel:86-10-62835355, E-mail: liaojuan111@vip.sina.com DOI: 10.1007/s11655-013-1593-5
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate the effects of the Chinese medicine (CM) five-element music on quality of life for senior and non-senior advanced cancer patients. Methods: With a randomized controlled trial, 170 advanced cancer patients were randomly assigned to three groups: the CM five-element music group (68 patients), the Western music therapy group (68 cases), and the no music therapy group (34 cases). All patients of 70 years old or older were considered seniors and the remaining patients younger than 70 years were considered nonseniors. Patients in the CM five-element music group listened to CM five-element music, the patients in the Western music group listened to Western music, and the patients in the no music group did not listen to music. A course of treatment was 3 weeks, with 30 min each day, 5 days a week. The Hospice Quality of Life Index-Revised (HQOLI-R) and Karnofsky performance score (KPS) were measured in the three groups before and after treatment. The symptom diary score was measured in the three groups every 3 days, 7 times in total. Results: CM five-element music group showed a significant difference of HQOLI-R, KPS and symptom diary score with other groups (all P<0.01). There were significant differences of HQOLI-R, symptom diary score, and KPS after treatment in CM five-element music group and other groups in the non-senior subgroup (P<0.05). Additionally, there were significant differences in HQOLI-R and KPS after treatment among the three groups in the senior subgroup (P<0.05). Conclusions: CM five-element music therapy could improve the quality of life and KPS for senior and non senior advanced cancer patients, and it could improve subjective symptoms for non-senior advanced cancer patients.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate the effects of the Chinese medicine (CM) five-element music on quality of life for senior and non-senior advanced cancer patients. Methods: With a randomized controlled trial, 170 advanced cancer patients were randomly assigned to three groups: the CM five-element music group (68 patients), the Western music therapy group (68 cases), and the no music therapy group (34 cases). All patients of 70 years old or older were considered seniors and the remaining patients younger than 70 years were considered nonseniors. Patients in the CM five-element music group listened to CM five-element music, the patients in the Western music group listened to Western music, and the patients in the no music group did not listen to music. A course of treatment was 3 weeks, with 30 min each day, 5 days a week. The Hospice Quality of Life Index-Revised (HQOLI-R) and Karnofsky performance score (KPS) were measured in the three groups before and after treatment. The symptom diary score was measured in the three groups every 3 days, 7 times in total. Results: CM five-element music group showed a significant difference of HQOLI-R, KPS and symptom diary score with other groups (all P<0.01). There were significant differences of HQOLI-R, symptom diary score, and KPS after treatment in CM five-element music group and other groups in the non-senior subgroup (P<0.05). Additionally, there were significant differences in HQOLI-R and KPS after treatment among the three groups in the senior subgroup (P<0.05). Conclusions: CM five-element music therapy could improve the quality of life and KPS for senior and non senior advanced cancer patients, and it could improve subjective symptoms for non-senior advanced cancer patients.
KW - advanced cancer
KW - five-element music
KW - music theragpy
KW - quality of life
KW - randomized controlled trial
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U2 - 10.1007/s11655-013-1593-5
DO - 10.1007/s11655-013-1593-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 24092240
AN - SCOPUS:84885622442
SN - 1672-0415
VL - 19
SP - 736
EP - 740
JO - Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine
JF - Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine
IS - 10
ER -