title: Live concerts reduce cancer inpatients' anxiety.
abstract: In Italy a new experience of music medicine called "The Music Givers" is spreading among Oncology Units; it aims to organise weekly live concerts (length 45-60 min) followed by a buffet. Purpose of the present study is to evaluate the effect of the format of The Music Givers on cancer in-patients' anxiety. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) was administered to 111 in-patients before and after the concerts. After the concerts we observed a 3.87 point decrease in state anxiety (p < .001) and statistically significant differences in most of the domains assessed by STAI-Y. These results invite a reflection on the importance of offering to inpatients events such as live music concerts, in order to improve their psychological condition during hospitalisation.
authors.affiliation: Research Center Synthesis, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toccafondi
authors.affiliation: Research Center Synthesis, Florence, Italy.|Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research and Prevention-ISPO, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonacchi
authors.affiliation: Oncological Department, AUSL 1 Massa Carrara, Massa Carrara, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mambrini
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Unit, Institute for Cancer Research and Prevention-ISPO, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miccinesi
authors.affiliation: Art Director of Donatori di Musica, Massa Carrara, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prosseda
authors.affiliation: Oncological Department, AUSL 1 Massa Carrara, Massa Carrara, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cantore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anxiety; cancer; concert; music medicine; oncology