Impact of Music Therapy on Anxiety in Patients With Cancer Undergoing Simulation for Radiation Therapy

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Conditions studied: Anxiety and Distress

In brief

This study looks at the effects of a protocolized music therapy intervention on state anxiety for patients with cancer undergoing simulation for radiation therapy. Simulation, which is an imaging and diagnostic procedure, has been identified as producing significantly high levels of anxiety in many cancer patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02150395

Run by

Beth Israel Medical Center

People needed

82

Starts

2011-07-01

Expected to finish

2014-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-05-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer, and newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancer.
• 18 or over.
• Fluent in English.

You may not qualify if…

• Under 18 years.
• Pre-existing anxiety disorders.

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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