음악요법이 세기조절 방사선치료를 받는 암 환자의 불안, 우울 및피로에 미치는 효과

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of music therapy on anxiety, depression and fatigue in cancer patientundergoing intensity modulated radiotherapy. Methods: This study was a nonequivalent control pretest-posttest design. The participantswere 65 cancer patients (33 experimental and 32 control group) receiving intensity modulated radiotherapy. Music therapy forthe experimental group took 20-30 minutes per session for five days while they were receiving radiotherapy. Results: State anxiety,VAS anxiety and depression of the experimental group after treatment were reduced but there was no statistical significance betweenthe experimental group and control group before and after having treatment. There was no statistical significance on the difference offatigue between the two groups. Conclusion: Music therapy is an adjuvant therapy and using other nursing intervention with musictherapy could be more effective than using only music therapy to reduce the anxiety, depression and fatigue for cancer patients undergoingintensity modulated radiotherapy.