NASCIMENTO, G. L.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9900786758427569; NASCIMENTO, Gabriele Lima do.
Résumé:
In the context of palliative care, music therapy is the use of sounds and music in a relationship
involving patient and musician, with the aim of offering affective support and encouraging the
physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being of patients with life-threatening
illnesses and who may be experiencing terminality. The aim of this study was to investigate
the perception of patients with cancer and palliative care in relation to therapeutic music as a
care practice. This is a care-research, with a mixed design, which was carried out in a
philanthropic hospital in the city of Campina Grande-PB, with cancer patients and palliative
care patients. Three sessions of therapeutic music interventions were carried out, with the
verification of vital signs and application of the Edmonton Symptom Scale before and after
each intervention, and, at the end, interviews were conducted, analyzed from the Bardin
technique in the light of the Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Ten patients with cancer
and in palliative care participated in the research, eight females and two males with an
average age of 47 years. Based on the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, the study
showed that music therapy proved to be effective as an integrative and complementary
practice carried out at the institution, since it reduced physical discomforts, improved aspects
related to mental health, rescued and strengthened spirituality of patients and provided
integration between the multidisciplinary team of the institution. It is concluded that music
therapy is an integrative and complementary practice that provides a loving environment and
allows authentic care for patients who are at the end of life.