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The problem
Intervention: Music therapy with family involvement, ranging from observation to direct participation in shared music-making and therapist-guided parent-led facilitation
Who it was tested with: Children and adolescents undergoing cancer treatment and their families.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a systematic search was conducted in PSYNDEX, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, and Embase (2010-2025). Studies were eligible if they examined music therapy interventions or structured music-therapy-based interventions in paediatric oncology and involved family members at any level of participation." The review synthesised evidence from 18 studies descriptively, finding positive outcomes but noting substantial variability in study quality and design.
Methodological heterogeneity, small sample sizes, and inconsistent conceptualisations of family involvement limited comparability. The evidence is primarily descriptive with unclear mechanisms of change and no data on long-term effects.
Across countries and designs
1 study · 0 countries
