Effects of music intervention with nursing presence and recorded music on psycho-physiological indices of cancer patient caregivers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 745-756

  Lai, Hui Ling ^a,b   Li, Yin Ming ^a,b   Lee, Li Hua ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84857030238     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03916.x     Document Type: Article

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