Lee Seung-Hyun, Song Eunhye, Kim Seul-Ki
Oriental Medicine Music Therapy Center, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea.
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Integr Med Res. 2015 Mar;4(1):48-52. doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2014.12.002. Epub 2014 Dec 31.
The cancer incidence in Korea has been increasing, although there is a serious lack of supportive care for the treatment and management of the rapidly increasing number of cancer patients, and there is an immense need for therapeutic interventions to support cancer patients. A 47-year-old -type Korean female patient, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, had been receiving chemotherapies. She was experiencing pain due to swelling of her hands and feet, and under extreme stress due to hardships of life. During the patient's fourth chemotherapy treatment, she received oriental medicine music therapy twice per week for 2 weeks, for 1 hour each time (4 sessions in total). A self-administered questionnaire and the visual analog scale were used to assess and determine the level of negative and positive feelings. After receiving the oriental medicine music therapy, her negative and positive feelings as well as the visual analog scale score that reflects subjective health conditions have improved and stabilized. This case report suggests the potential of oriental medicine music therapy as a complementary and alternative medical treatment method to promote and enhance quality of life and health conditions of cancer patients in postsurgical care and chemotherapy treatment.
韩国的癌症发病率一直在上升，尽管在治疗和管理迅速增加的癌症患者方面严重缺乏支持性护理，而且迫切需要治疗干预措施来支持癌症患者。一名47岁的韩国女性患者被诊断出患有卵巢癌，一直在接受化疗。她因手脚肿胀而疼痛，并且由于生活艰难而承受着极大的压力。在患者第四次化疗期间，她每周接受两次东方医学音乐疗法，共进行2周，每次1小时（总共4次疗程）。使用一份自我管理问卷和视觉模拟量表来评估和确定负面和正面情绪的程度。接受东方医学音乐疗法后，她的负面和正面情绪以及反映主观健康状况的视觉模拟量表评分都得到了改善并趋于稳定。本病例报告表明，东方医学音乐疗法作为一种补充和替代医学治疗方法，在促进和提高癌症患者术后护理和化疗治疗中的生活质量和健康状况方面具有潜力。
