Music in palliative care: a qualitative study with patients suffering from cancer

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Description of the study population

Patient	Age	Personal situation	Reason for hospitalization/Pathology	Duration of interview	Time between intervention and interview (days)
P1	80–90	Widow	Mammary neoplasia, end-of-life care	15’	0
P2	50–60	Divorced	Recurrent lung cancer treated by radiotherapy	13′07	0
P3	60–70	Common law	Multiple metastatic melanoma under hormone therapy, end-of-life care	20′02	0
P4	80–90	Married	Prostate cancer with bone metastasis, nausea	24’	0
P5	70–80	Married	Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the right breast, fatigue	12′14	0
P6	60–70	Single	Bladder neoplasm, end-of-life care	11′31	0
P7	40–50	Common law	Squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, metastatic, end-of-life care	18′16	2
P8	70–80	Married	Progressive brain tumour, fatigue, dysphagia	38′56	0
P9	60–70	Single	Pulmonary adenocarcinoma, chest pain	14′40	0
P10	70–80	Married	Probable metastatic breast cancer, end-of-life care	19′38	0

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