RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Music therapy sessions to decrease patient anxiety in diagnostic imaging
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 2058
OP 2058
VO 60
IS supplement 1
A1 Holloway, Madeline
A1 Botkin, Crystal
A1 Frye, Sarah
A1 Weaver, Crystal
A1 Hardy, Anna
A1 Dwiggins, Andrew
A1 Muzaffar, Razi
A1 Osman, Medhat
YR 2019
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/60/supplement_1/2058.abstract
AB 2058Objectives: Music therapy is an established health profession in which music interventions are used therapeutically to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of patients who have been diagnosed with a disease and may be undergoing treatment for that disease. It is employed to increase relaxation, decrease anxiety, and address various types of suffering. Rhythmic entrainment is a form of music therapy in which the patient’s biorhythm, like their heart rate, is paired with live music of the same tempo. This is used to decrease the patient’s anxiety and induce a relaxation response. Music therapy has been studied with a variety of patient diagnoses, but little has been done to study music therapy sessions in conjunction with diagnostic imaging. The purpose of this study is to use music therapy in diagnostic imaging to evaluate the effects on patient anxiety and relaxation. Preliminary research of patient anxiety includes diagnostic imaging studies in cancer patients to evaluate the extent of disease. Methods: Patients who were scheduled to undergo imaging studies will be asked to take part in this single institution IRB-approved study. The initial participants will include those undergoing standard of care FDG-PET/CT studies. Eighty participants (50% with music therapy intervention and 50% control with vital measurements only) will be asked to complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory before the music therapy session and after the music therapy study. This survey measures the patient’s current anxiety and the patient’s generalized anxiety. The music therapy session will use rhythmic entrainment and Person-Centered Therapy techniques, using patient preferred style of music. Pulse, respirations per minute, and blood pressure are to be measured before and after the music therapy intervention and with the control session. Respirations per minute will also be measured 5 minutes into the music therapy session and 15 minutes into the music therapy session. Results: Literature review of music therapy interventions in bone marrow transplants suggests that we can expect a decrease in blood pressure from before the music therapy session compared to after. This preliminary study showed a statistically significant decrease in anxiety levels in this patient population with musical intervention in compared to control groups. We also expect the scores of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to decrease between pre- and post-session. This is an ongoing research study with forthcoming details on the anxiety levels of individuals undergoing diagnostic imaging. Conclusions: By evaluating the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the participant’s vital measurements (including pulse, respirations per minute, and blood pressure), this study can assess if music therapy sessions can be useful for lessening patient anxiety and increasing relaxation during diagnostic imaging studies. Once our data is collected, it will be analyzed and presented at the annual meeting.