Music therapy for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting

1. Brief Name: Music therapy for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting 2. Why: There is currently insufficient treatment for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. Nausea is poorly controlled with current pharmacological therapies. Among the non-pharmacological interventions, music therapy intervention appears promising based on its previously demonstrated health benefits. 3. What: Participants will be provided with an iPod touch and headphones. The iPod will have an application where participants can listen to 5 different pieces of music written and recorded specifically for this project. The application will incorporate the following questionnaires for assessment - Functional Living Index Emesis (FLIE 5D), Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). 4. Procedures: Participants will be asked to engage with the music therapy intervention on days 1-6 of both their first and second treatment cycles, with the addition of completing surveys and questionnaires the day after each cycle (Day 7), totalling 14 days of engagement with the study. On the first day of the first cycle of treatment, participants will be met by a researcher who will provide consultation and an information sheet before obtaining signed consent, this will take approximately 30mins On each of the 12 days of the music therapy intervention, participants will be asked to listen to a minimum of 5-15 minutes of music through the application. There is no maximum time that participants can listen to the music, however, the application will not allow access to music outside of the treatment cycles. Music listening will be unsupervised and will be available for participants to engage with at the infusion suite or any other place of their choosing. All interaction of music listening will be tracked through the application and made available as data for the researchers but not participants. Immediately prior to each cycle, participants will be prompted and supported by the researcher to use the application to complete the FLIE 5D, ESAS and PSQI, these will take approximately 10 minutes to complete on each occasion. On the day following the end of each cycle, the application will prompt the participant through a notification to again complete the FLIE 5D, ESAS and PSQI, again these will take approximately 10 minutes to complete on each occasion. Additionally, on the first day of their treatment, prior to beginning the music therapy intervention, participants will be asked to complete a one-time questionnaire about the music on the application. 5. Who Provided: The research coordinator will provide and train the participants for using the device and filling questionnaires. 6. The project is being conducted through the cancer clinic of a hospital. Recruitment and initial consolation will be conducted with the participant at the cancer clinic, participants will engage with the intervention at the cancer clinic and will also have the option to participate with the intervention outside of the clinic.