The effect of Music Therapy on the Quality of Life of Patients With Gastric Cancer Referred to a Selected Hospital Affiliated to Ardabil University of Medical Sciences in 2020

Introduction: Today, music therapy is used to treat chronic diseases such as cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of music therapy on the quality of life of patients with gastric cancer referred to a selected hospital affiliated to Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2019. Methods: This study is an experimental study that was performed on 74 patients with gastric cancer at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ardabil based on informed written consent. Samples were randomly divided into two groups for 30 minutes in five days of music therapy intervention. Data were collected through two questionnaires of demographic information and quality of life 36-SF and were analyzed using with SPSS software version 22.  Results: The mean and standard deviation of age was 53.38±14.00 in the control group and 53.86± 11.95 in the intervention group. There was a significant relationship between the mean scores of quality of life of the samples in the music therapy group before 35.41±17.66 and after the intervention 53.51±14.35.(p˂0.001) Physical dimensions with mean and standard deviation of 53.78± 14.41 (P= 0.001), psychological 44.88 ±17.31 (P= 0.001) and social 48.04±17.96 (P= 0.003) group The intervention was significantly increased compared to the control group in the 36SF-questionnaire. Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the use of music therapy as a non-pharmacological method along with other treatment methods can affect the quality of life of patients. Therefore, it is suggested that health centers use this method to improve the quality of life of cancer patients.