Impact of music on pediatric oncology outpatients.

Full Abstract

Music is widely used to enhance well-being. We wished to assess music's effect on pediatric oncology outpatients. Patients who had leukemia and were in maintenance or consolidation outpatient treatment served as their own control at two visits. At visit 1, children rested for 20 min; at visit 2, for 20 min they listened to music designed to increase vitality and improve heart rate variability (HRV). At both visits, parents completed before and after treatment visual analog scales (VAS) of their child's relaxation, well-being, vitality, anxiety, stress, and depression; patients' heart rates were monitored during treatments to calculate HRV. The 47 patients with complete VAS data and 34 patients with usable HRV data were similar. At baseline, VAS scores for negative states were low (average <2.5 of 10) and positive states were high (average 7> of 10). Relaxation improved more with music than rest (p < 0.01). The HRV parasympathetic parameter was significantly lower with music than rest. No other differences were significant. Further studies are needed to better delineate the relationship between subjective and objective measures of well-being among patients who are not in severe distress.

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Author information

Author/s: Kemper, Kathi J (KJ); Hamilton, Craig A (CA); McLean, Thomas W (TW); Lovato, James (J);

Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. kkemper(-atsign-)wfubmc.edu

Grants: K24 AT002207 (Agency:United States NCCAM) ; P30 CA12197 (Agency:United States NCI) ; R21 AT001901 (Agency:United States NCCAM)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Controlled Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Pediatric research (Pediatr Res), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 64 (issue 1) : pp 105-9

Dates: Created 2008/06/24; Completed 2008/08/21;

PMID: 18391850, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Affect
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Rate
Humans
Infant

Leukemia - physiopathology; psychology; therapy
Male
Music Therapy
Outpatients
Prospective Studies
Questionnaires
Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; prevention & control
Treatment Outcome

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