TY  - JOUR
AU  - Barry, P
AU  - O'Callaghan, C
AU  - Wheeler, G
AU  - Grocke, D
Y2  - 2014/05/21
Y1  - 2010/09/01
SN  - 0022-2917
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/29772
AB  - A mixed methods research design was used to investigate the effects of a music therapy CD (MTCD) creation intervention on pediatric oncology patients' distress and coping during their first radiation therapy treatment. The music therapy method involved children creating a music CD using interactive computer-based music software, which was "remixed" by the music therapist-researcher to extend the musical material. Eleven pediatric radiation therapy outpatients aged 6 to 13 years were randomly assigned to either an experimental group, in which they could create a music CD prior to their initial treatment to listen to during radiation therapy, or to a standard care group. Quantitative and qualitative analyses generated multiple perceptions from the pediatric patients, parents, radiation therapy staff, and music therapist-researcher. Ratings of distress during initial radiation therapy treatment were low for all children. The comparison between the two groups found that 67% of the children in the standard care group used social withdrawal as a coping strategy, compared to 0% of the children in the music therapy group; this trend approached significance (p = 0.076). MTCD creation was a fun, engaging, and developmentally appropriate intervention for pediatric patients, which offered a positive experience and aided their use of effective coping strategies to meet the demands of their initial radiation therapy treatment.
LA  - English
PB  - OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
KW  - Performing Arts and Creative Writing
T1  - Music Therapy CD Creation for Initial Pediatric Radiation Therapy: A Mixed Methods Analysis
DO  - 10.1093/jmt/47.3.233
IS  - JOURNAL OF MUSIC THERAPY
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
SP  - 233-263
L1  - /bitstream/handle/11343/29772/278741_149656.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=n
ER  -