RT journal article
T1 Effect of Self-Chosen Music in Alleviating the Burden on Family Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomised Controlled Trial
A1 Valero Cantero, Inmaculada
A1 Casals Vázquez, Cristina
A1 Espinar Toledo, Milagrosa
A1 Barón López, Francisco Javier
A1 Martínez Valero, Francisco Javier
A1 García-Agua Soler, Nuria
A1 Vázquez Sánchez, María Ángeles
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 alternative medicine
K1 caregiver strain index
K1 caregiving
K1 complementary medicine
K1 home care
K1 informal caregivers
K1 music intervention
K1 music medicine
K1 oncology
K1 palliative care
AB The experience of caregiver burden among family members of patients with advanced cancer is a common problem. The aim of this study was to determine whether the burden may be alleviated by means of a therapeutic approach based on self-chosen music. This randomised controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04052074. Registered 9 August 2019) included 82 family caregivers of patients receiving home palliative care for advanced cancer. The intervention group (n = 41) listened to pre-recorded, self-chosen music for 30 min/day for seven consecutive days, while the control group (n = 41) listened to a recording of basic therapeutic education at the same frequency. The degree of burden was assessed by the Caregiver Strain Index (CSI), calculated before and after the seven-day intervention. According to this measure, caregiver burden fell significantly in the intervention group (CSI change: −0.56, SD 2.16) but increased in the control group (CSI change: +0.68, SD 1.47), with a significant group x moment interaction F(1, 80) = 9.30, p = 0.003, η2p = 0.11. These results suggest that, in the short term at least, the use of therapy based on self-chosen music alleviates the burden on family caregivers of palliative cancer patients. Moreover, this therapy is easy to administer at home and does not present any problems in practice.
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2023
FD 2023-03-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31806
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31806
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026