Effects of Making Art and Listening to Music on Symptoms Related to Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Abstract

Art making and music listening are safe and desirable for patients undergoing blood and marrow transplantation in an outpatient clinic. Nurses might consider partnering with therapists to offer these creative therapies as diversion during treatment.

Kind of blue: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of music interventions in cancer treatment

“…Numbers and duration of music interventions varied from 1 to 8 sessions and 15 to 60 minutes, respectively, and multiple sessions were conducted within a 3‐day to 15‐month schedule. Music intervention was applied during surgery (n = 5), chemotherapy (n = 7), radiotherapy (n = 4), other procedures (n = 5), and hospitalization (n = 4) …”

“…Patients were passively listening to music in 15/25 studies; 13 studies applied recorded music studies and 2 live music . Recorded music offered a self‐reflecting inner musical experience, whereas live music added a shared musical moment together with the musician(s).…”

“…Twelve studies focused on anxiety reduction, mostly through recorded music 11/12. Out of these, 9 studies were eligible for meta‐analysis showing an overall statistically significant anxiety reduction (SMD −0.65 [95% CI, −1.20 to −0.11]) . The intervention design varied, eg, 8/12 passive listening, 7/12 single sessions.…”

“…According to Table S1 (Table full version), intervention theory and schedule delivery were well described in most studies, whereas information about music repertoire was inadequate in 11/25 studies. Half of the studies excluded patients with hearing problems 12/25, whereas only few investigated the patient's musical background, preference, and setting of the intervention …”

Effects of Group Art and Music Therapy in Newly Hired Nurses: A Mixed Method Study

“…특히 미술치료와 음 악치료는 상호보완적이고 기분전환이 되는 치료법으로 [16], 암 환자의 이완, 자존감 상승 및 목적의식을 높이는데 효과를 나타냈다 [17]. 또한 간호사를 대상으로 한 연구에서는 정신과 병동 간호사 및 암 병동 간호사의 직무 스트레스와 불안 및 우 울을 감소시키고 [18][19][20], 감정표현 능력을 향상시키는 것 [19] 연 구 결 과 Table 3).…”