Music Cognition in Breast Cancer Survivors

저자(들)

  • Debra Burns Phd, MT_BC
  • Tonya R. Bergeson PhD
  • Susan M. Perkins PhD
  • Brenna C. McDonald PsyD, MBA
  • Andrew J. Saykin PsyD
  • Fred W. Unverzagt PhD
  • Victoria L. Champion DNA, RN, FAAN

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https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v3i4.338

초록

Advances in breast cancer treatment have resulted in improved survival rates and concomitant reports of chemotherapy-related cognitive dysfunction. Music cognition, a form of general cognition, also may be negatively affected by chemotherapy. Moreover, chemotherapy may have general ototoxic effects. The goal of this study was to explore whether breast cancer survivors (BCS) had similar hearing thresholds and music cognition abilities compared with age-matched healthy controls (HC). A total of 56 women (28 BCS and 28 HC) completed the audiometric tests and the Montreal Battery Evaluation of Amusia (MBEA). Results indicate the 2 groups have similar hearing thresholds. A comparison of music cognition variables suggests possible differences in some music cognition tasks, with HC scoring slightly, but not significantly, better in melodic perception. The BCS scored slightly better, though not significantly, on melodic memory. An adequately powered study including cognitive variables is needed for verification of findings and to establish clinical meaningfulness.

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Debra S. Burns, PhD, MT-BC, is an associate professor and coordinator of music therapy at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology in Indianapolis.

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Tonya R. Bergeson, PhD, is an associate professor and Philip F. Holton Scholar in the Department of Otolaryngology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Susan M. Perkins, PhD, is an associate professor and director of the Biostatics and Data Management Core of the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, and the associate director of the Design and Biostatistics Program of the Indiana CTSI.

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Brenna C. McDonald, PsyD, MBA, is an assistant professor of radi-ology and neurology and a member of the Stark Neurosciences Research Institute at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Andrew J. Saykin, PsyD, is the director of Indiana University Center for Neuroimaging and professor of radiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Fred W. Unverzagt, PhD, is professor of clinical psychology and clinical medical and molecular genetics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

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Victoria L. Champion, DNA, RN, FAAN, is a distinguished professor, Mary Margaret Walther Professor of Nursing, and Edward W. and Sarah StamCullipher Endowed Chair at the Indiana University School of Nursing.

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호. 3 번호. 4 (2011)

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