Effects of music listening during chemotherapy on vital signs and anxiety levels: a randomized Controlled trial

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of music
listening during chemotherapy on cancer patients' vital signs and
anxiety levels.
Method: The population of the study consisted of the patients
receiving chemotherapy in the chemotherapy unit of
a public
university hospital. The power analysis revealed that a sample
size of 80 was required to achieve a power of 80%. The patients
were assigned into two study groups as the group listening to
music (music group) and the group not listening to music
(non
-
music group) during chemotherapy. During chemotherapy
sessions, two genres of music were played for 45 minutes at a
level of 60 decibels: Turkish maqams and classical music.
Result: The mean state
-
trait anxiety levels after the second music
listening
were 26.95 ± 5.983 in the music group and 30.30 ± 8.42
in the non
-
music group, and the difference was statistically
significant. When the diastolic blood pressure values of the music
group were examined, the change in these values after the second
music li
stening was statistically significant.
Suggestion: These results suggest that music listening has a
positive effect on the vital signs and state
-
trait anxiety levels of
patients receiving chemotherapy