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Effect of Self-Chosen Music in Alleviating the Burden on Family Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomised Controlled Trial

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  • Inmaculada Valero-Cantero

    (Puerta Blanca Clinical Management Unit, Malaga-Guadalhorce Health District, 29004 Malaga, Spain)

  • Cristina Casals

    (ExPhy Research Group, Department of Physical Education, University of Cadiz, Puerto Real, 11519 Cadiz, Spain
    Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA) Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital, 11009 Cadiz, Spain)

  • Milagrosa Espinar-Toledo

    (Rincon de la Victoria Clinical Management Unit, Malaga-Guadalhorce Health District, 29004 Malaga, Spain)

  • Francisco Javier Barón-López

    (Department of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Science History, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
    Malaga Biomedical Research Institute (IBIMA), 29590 Malaga, Spain)

  • Francisco Javier Martínez-Valero

    (Midlothian Foot Care, Dalkeith and National Health Service, Dalkeith EH22 1DU, UK)

  • Nuria García-Agua Soler

    (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaga, 29010 Malaga, Spain)

  • María Ángeles Vázquez-Sánchez

    (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
    PASOS Research Group, UMA REDIAS Network of Law and Artificial Intelligence Applied to Health and Biotechnology, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain)

Abstract

The experience of caregiver burden among family members of patients with advanced cancer is a common problem. The aim of this study was to determine whether the burden may be alleviated by means of a therapeutic approach based on self-chosen music. This randomised controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04052074. Registered 9 August 2019) included 82 family caregivers of patients receiving home palliative care for advanced cancer. The intervention group ( n = 41) listened to pre-recorded, self-chosen music for 30 min/day for seven consecutive days, while the control group ( n = 41) listened to a recording of basic therapeutic education at the same frequency. The degree of burden was assessed by the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI), calculated before and after the seven-day intervention. According to this measure, caregiver burden fell significantly in the intervention group (CSI change: −0.56, SD 2.16) but increased in the control group (CSI change: +0.68, SD 1.47), with a significant group x moment interaction F(1, 80) = 9.30, p = 0.003, η 2 p = 0.11. These results suggest that, in the short term at least, the use of therapy based on self-chosen music alleviates the burden on family caregivers of palliative cancer patients. Moreover, this therapy is easy to administer at home and does not present any problems in practice.

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  • Inmaculada Valero-Cantero & Cristina Casals & Milagrosa Espinar-Toledo & Francisco Javier Barón-López & Francisco Javier Martínez-Valero & Nuria García-Agua Soler & María Ángeles Vázquez-Sánchez, 2023. "Effect of Self-Chosen Music in Alleviating the Burden on Family Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomised Controlled Trial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:5:p:4662-:d:1089178
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