Breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Uterine Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
breast cancer, gynecological cancer, radiotherapy, fatigue, musicotherapy
Brief summary
OBJETIVE: To study the influence of musicotherapy in reduction of fatigue related to cancer in patients with breast's or gynecology's cancer, during the radiotherapy treatment.
Detailed description
METHODS: This is a randomized controled study (Control Group - CG e musicotherapy Group - MTG) wich values fatigue, life's quality, anxiety, depression by using evaluative instruments Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy: Fatigue (FACT-F), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) in three different moments (during first week of radiotherapy, in the intermediate phase's week and during the last week of radiotherapy) for patients of both groups. Women allocated in MTG, in addition to the scales described above, answered the musicotherapy Questionary (MQ), and the Subjective Impression of the Subject's Questionary in last meeting. Musicotherapy sessions were individual and lasted an average of 40 minutes. Music therapeutic techniques used were Musical Audition (MA) and Therapeutic Musical Audition (TMA).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMusic therapy
Music therapy arm: Intervention with 10 sections of music therapy will be performed, twice a week, during 45 days
Sponsors
Associaçao de Combate ao Cancer em Goias
Universidade Federal de Goias
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with breast and gynecological cancer with indication for radiotherapy * Performance status 0,1
Exclusion criteria
* Hemoglobin \< 10mg/dl * Patients in psychotherapy during the study * Use of antidepressants * Patients presenting more than one cancer type
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess the influence of musicotherapy in the reduction of fatigue | 45 days | To study the influence of musicotherapy in reduction of fatigue related to cancer in patients with breast or gynecological cancer, during the radiotherapy treatment. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess the reduction of depression | 45 days | To compare the levels of depression of patients with breast and gynecological cancer on radiotherapy, between the musicotherapy and the control group. |
| Asses the reduction of anxiety | 45 days | To compare the levels of anxiety of patients with breast and gynecological cancer on radiotherapy, between the musicotherapy and the control group. |
| Assess the quality of life | 45 days | To compare the levels of quality of life of patients with breast and gynecological cancer on radiotherapy, between the musicotherapy and the control group. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed