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Effects of music therapy and guided visual imagery on chemotherapy‐induced anxiety and nausea–vomiting
Author(s) -
Karagozoglu Serife,
Tekyasar Filiz,
Yilmaz Figen Alp
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/jocn.12030
Subject(s) - nausea , vomiting , music therapy , anxiety , chemotherapy , medicine , psychology , anesthesia , physical therapy , psychiatry
Aims and objectives To reveal the effects of music therapy and visual imagery on chemotherapy‐induced anxiety and nausea–vomiting. Background Behavioural techniques such as music therapy and visual imagery are becoming increasingly important in dealing with chemotherapy‐induced anxiety, nausea and vomiting. Design The study is an experimental and cross‐sectional one and performed on a single sample group with the pre–post‐test design consisting of 40 individuals. The individuals in the sample group comprised both the control and the case group of the study. Methods To obtain the study data, the following forms were used: the P ersonal I nformation F orm, S pielberger S tate‐ T rait A nxiety I nventory, The V isual A nalogue S cale and I ndividual E valuation F orm for N ausea and V omiting adapted from The M orrow A ssessment of N ausea and V omiting. Results In the study, the participants' state and trait anxiety levels decreased significantly ( p < 0·05). Music therapy and visual imagery reduced the severity and duration of chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting significantly ( p < 0·05). In our research, 40% of the patients did not have anticipatory nausea and 55% of the patients did not have anticipatory vomiting during the third chemotherapy cycle during which music therapy and guided visual imagery were implemented. Conclusions It was determined that complementary approaches comprising music therapy and visual imagery had positive effects on chemotherapy‐induced anxiety, nausea and vomiting, which are suffered too often and affect the patients' whole lives adversely. Relevance to clinical practice This study is worthy of interest as it has revealed that music therapy and visual imagery which have been proven to be effective in many health problems in different areas are also important, and practical complementary approaches that are effective in getting chemotherapy‐induced anxiety, nausea and vomiting under control.