Favored subjects and psychosocial needs in music therapy in terminally ill cancer patients: a content analysis

BMC Palliative Care

Table 3 Course of therapeutic subjects during the first four music therapy sessions

	Session 1^a	Session 2^a	Session 3^b	Session 4^c	Session 1 vs. Session 4
	145 subjects (%)	91 subjects (%)	72 subjects (%)	44 subjects (%)	p-value^d
Condition, treatment, further care	15	19	26	20	.527
Coping with palliative situation	17	24	26	30	.075
Emotions and feelings	18	24	17	14	.617
Music and music therapy	19	10	11	9	.113
Biography	11	10	11	11	.843
Social environment	12	5	4	14	.734
Death, dying, spiritual topics	8	8	4	2	.173

Abbreviations: pts patients
^a n = 41 pts, ^b n = 34 pts, ^c n = 20 pts; decrease of sample size due to variability of frequency of music therapy sessions. Application of two sessions was minimum requirement for study eligibility; ^dChi²-test

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