Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Bradt, Joke ^a   Dileo, Cheryl ^b   Grocke, Denise ^c   Magill, Lucanne ^d  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d The Music Therapy Trust India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY IMAGE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MOOD; MUSIC THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; AFFECT; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; NEOPLASM; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; STANDARD OF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052142019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006911.pub2     Document Type: Review

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