Mitigation of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea Using Adjunct Music Listening: A Pilot Study.

The persistence of chemotherapy-induced nausea (CIN) underscores the need to consider nonpharmacologic treatments such as music listening as adjunct interventions. This pilot study investigated the feasibility and overall effects of a 30-minute adjunct music listening intervention in 12 patients experiencing CIN. Music listening was started at the time participants took their as-needed antiemetic medication, and it was repeated as needed during the 5 days after chemotherapy.

Barriers to Implementation of Music Listening Interventions for Cancer-Related Phenomena: A Mapping Review.

Despite music listening interventions (MLIs) being recommended in multiple clinical practice guidelines, implementation into oncology clinical practice sites has been slow. This mapping review aimed to critique and identify barriers to MLI clinical implementation, as well as offer practical solutions for both clinicians and researchers. A PRISMA-based mapping review of MLI literature was performed using CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science databases.

Incorporating Music-Listening Interventions into Clinical Nursing Practice.

A call to expand the study and use of this effective adjunct therapy.