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Live concerts reduce cancer inpatients' anxiety
Author(s) -
Toccafondi A.,
Bonacchi A.,
Mambrini A.,
Miccinesi G.,
Prosseda R.,
Cantore M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/ecc.12590
Subject(s) - anxiety , medicine , trait anxiety , cancer , state trait anxiety inventory , psychiatry
In Italy a new experience of music medicine called “The Music Givers” is spreading among Oncology Units; it aims to organise weekly live concerts (length 45–60 min) followed by a buffet. Purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of the format of The Music Givers on cancer in‐patients' anxiety. State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory ( STAI ‐Y) was administered to 111 in‐patients before and after the concerts. After the concerts we observed a 3.87 point decrease in state anxiety ( p < .001) and statistically significant differences in most of the domains assessed by STAI ‐Y. These results invite a reflection on the importance of offering to inpatients events such as live music concerts, in order to improve their psychological condition during hospitalisation.