癌症化療患者介入音樂治療是否可改善噁心嘔吐

The Use of Music Therapy to Reduce Nausea and Vomiting for Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

癌症患者施行化學治療的過程中常會發生噁心嘔吐情形，雖然化療前醫師均會開立常規止吐藥物使用來預防噁心嘔吐，但有些患者還是會反覆發生噁心嘔吐，開始思考除了藥物之外是否有其他方法可協助患者緩解噁心嘔吐。運用實證手法形成PICO問題，探討癌症化療患者介入音樂治療是否可改善噁心嘔吐?搜尋文獻資料庫共篩選出統合分析1篇及隨機對照試驗研究1篇進行評讀，文獻結果顯示，於化療期間介入音樂治療可以改善化療病人的噁心嘔吐，建議可於化療注意事項衛教單張，加入化療期間播放音樂可協助改善噁心嘔吐。

Typically, cancer patients suffer from nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy. Although physicians routinely prescribe antiemetics to prevent nausea and vomiting before chemotherapy, some patients experience them repeatedly. An evidence-based PICO was made in this study to investigate if there are other options to reduce nausea and vomiting for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. After literature reviewing, one meta-analysis research and one randomized controlled trial were selected for critical appraisal. The results of the literature review indicated that music therapy intervention is beneficial in reducing nausea and emesis for patients undergoing chemotherapy. It is suggested that the information of music intervention can be included in the health education leaflets to relieve nausea and vomiting during for those who undergoing chemotherapy.