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Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)

versão impressa ISSN 1816-8949

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BRITEZ, Elisabeth; NUNEZ, Débora  e  ALMIRON, Marcos. Assessment of musictherapy in pediatric cancer patients and their caregivers. An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción) [online]. 2020, vol.53, n.3, pp.53-62. ISSN 1816-8949.  https://doi.org/10.18004/anales/2020.053.03.53.

Introduction:

Music therapy, as some studies have already shown, is effective in reducing anxiety, fear and pain in both pediatric cancer patients and their caregivers; increasing relaxation, patient well-being, improving their quality of life and the patient-caregiver relationship.

Objectives:

To measure the satisfaction of caregivers and patients with the benefits obtained from the music therapy intervention received in the Department of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology of the Hospital of Clinics of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción.

Materials and methods:

Quantitative observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, after the design and implementation of the Music Therapy volunteer. A satisfaction questionnaire was prepared for family members and patients receiving music therapy sessions.

Results:

22 people were surveyed, 10 patients (45.5%), 12 relatives (54.5%). 100% of respondents responded that they saw some benefit at the end of the session and would recommend this type of intervention to another patient or caregiver. People were asked to rate the Music therapy session from 1 to 5. 19 people (86.4%) rated 5 and 3 people (13.6%) rated it 4.

Conclusion:

After the completion of this work, it has been possible to observe the importance of the use of music therapy in pediatric cancer patients and their caregivers, for its effectiveness in encouraging them, distracting them, relaxing them and thus reducing anxiety, physical pain, malaise and anguish, thus improving their quality of life.

Palavras-chave : music therapy; treatment; oncology; pediatric cáncer patients..

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