Review: Effects of music relaxation video on pain and anxiety for women with gynaecological cancer receiving intracavitary brachytherapy: a randomised controlled trial

摘要

The subject of this randomised controlled trial is cervical cancer, which is the sixth most common malignancy. Treatment can involve surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy. Cancer pain can become very acute during treatments. Therefore, optimising pain control including timely treatment of side-effects is vitally important to avoid morbidity and chronic pain and to improve the patients' quality of life.This small study was designed to investigate the effects of adding a music relaxation video to standard pain management treatment for patients undergoing intracavitary brachytherapy. Patients were randomised to view a music relaxation video four times during the first 44 hours of treatment.