Cleveland: A recent study by University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that patients with cancer and sickle cell disease (SCD) receiving treatment at academic cancer centres experienced much less pain and anxiety when receiving music therapy. Additionally, individuals with SCD who completed music therapy reported significantly higher baseline levels of discomfort and anxiety than patients with hematologic and/or oncologic disorders excluding SCD.
The music therapists at UH Connor Whole Health provided 4,002 music therapy sessions to 1,152 patients over the course of 2,400 encounters at UH Seidman Cancer Center for this retrospective study, making it the largest examination of the actual efficacy of music therapy in haematology and oncology to date. The study was published in the journal "Integrative Cancer Therapies." Key music therapy studies at the University of Houston have previously been funded by the Kulas Foundation, the nation's leading source of funding for scientific study in the field. These studies examined the efficacy of the treatment in palliative care, surgery, and sickle cell disease.
