Music as Nursing Care to Decrease Distress in Women with Breast Cancer in Chemotherapy

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Psychological Distress; Breast Neoplasms; Drug Therapy; Neoplasms; SP4.046.452.698.879.165

• Registration Number: RBR-97jxbck
• Lead Sponsor: Instituto do Câncer do Ceará

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-05-06
• Study Completion: 2022-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Be 18 years of age or older; score 15 on the Glasgow scale; not being under psychiatric follow-up and / or reporting previous psychiatric disorders; have hearing acuity preserved by applying the whisper test (which will be explained in the research protocol item); be defined as a case” of distress, namely: a score greater than or equal to 4 on the Distress Thermometer and a score greater than or equal to 15 on the Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who do not follow the instructions given for the clinical trial will be excluded from the study, in order to avoid decreasing the internal validity of the study and bias in the research. As a criterion for discontinuity of the study, possible clinical complications will be adopted during the application of the intervention, such as episodes of emesis.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in the level of distress, assessed using the Distress Thermometer and the Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are not expected.