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Intervention to improve quality of sleep of palliative patient carers in the community: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

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2020-11-16

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Valero-Cantero, Inmaculada
Carrión-Velasco, Yolanda
Casals, Cristina
Martínez-Valero, Francisco Javier
Barón-López, Francisco Javier
Vázquez-Sánchez, María Ángeles

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BioMed Central, Springer Nature
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Background: Sleep disorders are commonly experienced by community caregivers for persons with cancer, with at least 72% reporting moderate to severe disorders. A consequence of this condition, which is associated with the presence of overload in the caregiver, is the increased risk of clinical depression. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of music on the sleep quality achieved by informal caregivers for cancer patients receiving home palliative care. In addition, we will assess the influence of specific variables that could modify these effects, analyse the correlates related to nocturnal wakefulness and consider the diurnal consequences according to the sleep characteristics identified. Methods: This single-blind, multicentre, randomised clinical trial will focus on informal providers of care for cancer patients. Two samples of 40 caregivers will be recruited. The first, intervention, group will receive seven musicbased sessions. The control group will be masked with seven sessions of therapeutic education (reinforcing previous sessions). Outcomes will be evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, a triaxial accelerometer, EuroQol-5D-5L, the Caregiver Strain Index, the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire. The caregivers’ satisfaction with the intervention performed will also be examined. Discussion: This study is expected to extend our understanding of the efficacy of music therapy in enhancing the sleep quality of caregivers for patients receiving home palliative care. To our knowledge, no reliable scientific investigations of this subject have previously been undertaken. Music is believed to benefit certain aspects of sleep, but this has yet to be proven and, according to a Cochrane review, high-quality research in this field is necessary. One of the main strengths of our study, which heightens the quality of the randomised clinical trial design, is the objective assessment of physical activity by accelerometry and the use of both objective and subjective measures of sleep in caregivers. Music therapy for the caregivers addressed in this study is complementary, readily applicable, provokes no harmful side effects and may produce significant benefits.

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Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Persons::Persons::Caregivers
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services::Health Services::Patient Care::Palliative Care
Medical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Behavior::Behavioral Symptoms::Depression
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Complementary Therapies::Sensory Art Therapies::Music Therapy
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Research Design::Control Groups
Medical Subject Headings::Humanities::Humanities::Music
Medical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms::Behavior::Personal Satisfaction
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Research Design::Single-Blind Method
Medical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Psychological Phenomena and Processes::Psychophysiology::Arousal::Wakefulness
Medical Subject Headings::Psychiatry and Psychology::Psychological Phenomena and Processes::Psychophysiology::Sleep
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Neoplasms
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Processes::Movement::Motor Activity::Exercise
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Accelerometry
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Data Collection::Questionnaires

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Music therapy, Caregivers, Family caregiver, Sleep, Accelerometry, Palliative care, Palliative cancer, Home care, Oncology nursing, Nurses, Musicoterapia, Cuidadores, Cuidador familiar, Sueño, Acelerometría, Cuidados paliativos, Servicios de atención de salud a domicilio, Enfermería oncológica, Enfermeras y enfermeros

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Valero-Cantero I, Carrión-Velasco Y, Casals C, Martínez-Valero FJ, Barón-López FJ, Vázquez-Sánchez MÁ. Intervention to improve quality of sleep of palliative patient carers in the community: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMC Nurs. 2020 Nov 16;19(1):107