Effect of traditional Chinese medicine five elements music on cancer-related fatigue of chemotherapy patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.12.017
- VernacularTitle:中医五行音乐对恶性肿瘤化疗患者癌因性疲乏的影响
- Author:
Yun-Na HUANG
1
;
Xi YANG
;
Qiu-Min YANG
Author Information
1. 河南省商丘市第一人民医院
- Keywords:
Quality of life;
Traditional Chinese medicine five elements music;
Malignant tumors;
Chemotherapy;
Cancer related fatigue
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(12):1412-1414
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) five elements music on cancer-related fatigue CRF of chemotherapy patients.Methods 80 patients were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group equally.The experimental group was given the TCM five elements music intervention on the basis of routine care at the start of chemotherapy for 60 min,once a day for three cycles,each cycle and chemotherapy cycle were synchronic.The control group was given routine care with emphasis on psychological care.The two groups were given the CRF assessment of Brief Fatigue Inventory developed by the pain research team of the U.S.Adorson Cancer Center before and after the treatment,and the quality of life of patients was evaluated by Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30) by the European Cancer Treatment and Research Organization.Results CRF levels of the experimental group were markedly reduced after the intervention of TCM five elements music,among which slight fatigue accounted for 37.5％,moderate fatigue accounted for 10％ and serious fatigue accounted for 2.5％.There was significant difference between the two groups ( U =6.062 3,P ＜ 0.0 1 ).The proportion of moderate and serious fatigue was 12.5％ in the experimental group and 40％ in the control group after treatment,and there was significant difference between the two groups (U=3.282 8,P＜0.01 ).The total score of quality of life was (43.12±6.21) in the experimental group and (52.30 ± 7.28 ) in the control group after treatment.The difference was statistically significant (t =4.683 0,P＜0.05).Conclusions Application of TCM Five Elements music intervention on chemotherapy patients can eliminate or alleviate CRF and improve the quality of life of patients.
