{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,19]],"date-time":"2026-08-19T17:43:24Z","timestamp":1787161404727,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":26,"publisher":"Public Library of Science (PLoS)","issue":"11","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]],"date-time":"2025-11-24T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1763942400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["www.plosone.org"],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["PLoS One"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Psychological distress in cancer patients is a frequent and complex condition that significantly compromises quality of life, from diagnosis to palliative care. In this context, the use of music emerges as a promising, safe, and low-cost complementary practice capable of alleviating symptoms such as emotional distress. However, there are still gaps in the literature regarding the types, contexts, and specific effects of musical interventions in cancer patients. Thus, this protocol proposes a scoping review to map the available scientific evidence on the use of music as an intervention for the reduction of psychological distress in cancer patients. The methodology will adhere to the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) checklist. The search will be conducted across twenty data sources, including PubMed Central, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, Scientific Electronic Library Online, Cochrane Library, Elsevier\u2019s Scopus, ScienceDirect, Wiley Online Library, and the Virtual Health Library. For gray literature, Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations,Google Scholar, European Thesis Portal; Electronic Thesis Online Service; Open Access Scientific Repository of Portugal; National Theses and Dissertations; Theses Canada; Treasury of the National Library of Australia; Online Academic Archive will be searched. Study screening and selection will be performed independently by two researchers according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Relevant data will be extracted into a structured spreadsheet, including study characteristics, type and setting of the musical intervention, outcomes related to psychological distress, and the role of nursing. The findings are expected to inform clinical practice, particularly in the field of oncology nursing, as well as to identify gaps for future research.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0335895","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]],"date-time":"2025-11-24T18:21:41Z","timestamp":1764008501000},"page":"e0335895","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The use of music in nursing care for psychological distress reduction in cancer patients: A scoping review protocol"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8857-6666","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Karena Cristina da Silva","family":"Leal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Am\u00e9llia Lopes","family":"Cabral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0789-2884","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Myrza Torres","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0827-8925","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Danielle de Oliveira","family":"Rocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-7935-0666","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Lara Dantas de Rubim","family":"Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Geovana Caroliny de Morais","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Louise Const\u00e2ncia de Melo Alves","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0307-2424","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Daniele Vieira","family":"Dantas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9309-2092","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Rodrigo Assis Neves","family":"Dantas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"pone.0335895.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1017","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18031017","article-title":"Effectiveness of Complementary Therapies in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review","volume":"18","author":"MD Guerra-Mart\u00edn","year":"2021","journal-title":"Int J Environ Res Public Health"},{"issue":"10","key":"pone.0335895.ref002","article-title":"Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in people with cancer","volume":"10","author":"J Bradt","year":"2021","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"pone.0335895.ref003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.37689\/acta-ape\/2021AO00583","article-title":"Impacto do tratamento quimioter\u00e1pico na qualidade de vida de pacientes oncol\u00f3gicos","volume":"34","author":"FM Silveira","year":"2021","journal-title":"Acta Paulista de Enfermagem"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0335895.ref004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1590\/1806-3713\/e20180251","article-title":"Tumor-node-metastasis staging and treatment patterns of 73,167 patients with lung cancer in Brazil","volume":"46","author":"GJ Costa","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Bras Pneumol"},{"key":"pone.0335895.ref005","article-title":"Therapeutic modalities in the first cancer treatment: percentage variation before and during the pandemic, in Cear\u00e1, a state in the Northeast region of Brazil","volume":"28","author":"SV Nobre","year":"2025","journal-title":"Rev Bras Epidemiol"},{"issue":"5","key":"pone.0335895.ref006","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"170","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rpor.2011.04.005","article-title":"Music therapy in supportive cancer care","volume":"16","author":"MM Stanczyk","year":"2011","journal-title":"Rep Pract Oncol Radiother"},{"issue":"7","key":"pone.0335895.ref007","article-title":"Efficacy of smartphone-based virtual reality relaxation in providing comfort to patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy in oncology outpatient setting in Indonesia: protocol for a randomised controlled trial","volume":"13","author":"MSN Gautama","year":"2023","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"issue":"3","key":"pone.0335895.ref008","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"544","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpainsymman.2020.08.008","article-title":"Stable Symptom Clusters and Evolving Symptom Networks in Relation to Chemotherapy Cycles","volume":"61","author":"SY Rha","year":"2021","journal-title":"J Pain Symptom Manage"},{"key":"pone.0335895.ref009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101416","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ctcp.2021.101416","article-title":"Effectiveness of five-element music therapy in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"44","author":"T Yang","year":"2021","journal-title":"Complement Ther Clin Pract"},{"issue":"11","key":"pone.0335895.ref010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0293060","article-title":"Effects of music intervention combined with progressive muscle relaxation on anxiety, depression, stress and quality of life among women with cancer receiving chemotherapy: A pilot randomized controlled trial","volume":"18","author":"KT Nguyen","year":"2023","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0335895.ref011","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"73","DOI":"10.1186\/s13014-024-02460-3","article-title":"Impact of background music listening on anxiety in cancer patients undergoing initial radiation therapy: a randomized clinical trial","volume":"19","author":"H-F Yang","year":"2024","journal-title":"Radiat Oncol"},{"issue":"11","key":"pone.0335895.ref012","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"611","DOI":"10.34172\/aim.31258","article-title":"Effect of Music on Anxiety and Fatigue in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial","volume":"27","author":"H Gezgin Yaz\u0131c\u0131","year":"2024","journal-title":"Arch Iran Med"},{"issue":"13","key":"pone.0335895.ref013","article-title":"Music to relieve pain and anxiety in cardiac catheterization: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"10","author":"KVGD Santos","year":"2024","journal-title":"Heliyon"},{"issue":"10","key":"pone.0335895.ref014","article-title":"Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in people with cancer","volume":"10","author":"J Bradt","year":"2021","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"pone.0335895.ref015","article-title":"Estrat\u00e9gias n\u00e3o farmacol\u00f3gicas na analgesia de adultos e idosos em procedimentos endovasculares: revis\u00e3o de escopo","volume":"75","author":"dos Santos KVG","year":"2022","journal-title":"Rev Bras Enferm"},{"issue":"2","key":"pone.0335895.ref016","article-title":"Music in the relief of stress and distress in cancer patients","volume":"74","author":"MSD Santos","year":"2021","journal-title":"Rev Bras Enferm"},{"issue":"6","key":"pone.0335895.ref017","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"103034","DOI":"10.1016\/j.explore.2024.103034","article-title":"Efficacy of aromatherapy with Lavandula angustifolia oil on postoperative pain after cardiac surgery: A randomized clinical trial","volume":"20","author":"MA Silva LC de","year":"2024","journal-title":"Explore (NY)"},{"issue":"7","key":"pone.0335895.ref018","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"467","DOI":"10.7326\/M18-0850","article-title":"PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation","volume":"169","author":"AC Tricco","year":"2018","journal-title":"Ann Intern Med"},{"issue":"10","key":"pone.0335895.ref019","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2119","DOI":"10.11124\/JBIES-20-00167","article-title":"Updated methodological guidance for the conduct of scoping reviews","volume":"18","author":"MDJ Peters","year":"2020","journal-title":"JBI Evid Synth"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0335895.ref020","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1080\/1364557032000119616","article-title":"Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework","volume":"8","author":"H Arksey","year":"2005","journal-title":"Int J Soc Res Methodol"},{"issue":"4","key":"pone.0335895.ref021","first-page":"457","article-title":"Scoping reviews: the PAGER framework for improving the quality of reporting","volume":"25","author":"C Bradbury-Jones","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int J Soc Res"},{"key":"pone.0335895.ref022","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.2196\/69621","article-title":"Digital Health Interventions to Improve Mental Health in Patients With Cancer: Umbrella Review","volume":"27","author":"C Zhong","year":"2025","journal-title":"J Med Internet Res"},{"key":"pone.0335895.ref023","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"103064","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mex.2024.103064","article-title":"Using music to reduce anxiety and stress in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty: A randomized clinical trial protocol","volume":"13","author":"O Mendes F de C de","year":"2024","journal-title":"MethodsX"},{"issue":"3","key":"pone.0335895.ref024","article-title":"Non-pharmacological strategies to reduce stress and anxiety in endovascular procedures: A scoping review","volume":"11","author":"O Mendes F de C de","year":"2024","journal-title":"Nurs Open"},{"issue":"6","key":"pone.0335895.ref025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"151481","DOI":"10.1016\/j.soncn.2023.151481","article-title":"Effects of Music Therapy on Spiritual Well-Being among Patients with Advanced Cancer in Palliative Care: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials","volume":"39","author":"N Huda","year":"2023","journal-title":"Semin Oncol Nurs"},{"issue":"1","key":"pone.0335895.ref026","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"16532","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-024-66836-x","article-title":"Effect of music therapy on anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients: systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"Z Xu","year":"2024","journal-title":"Sci Rep"}],"container-title":["PLOS One"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0335895","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]],"date-time":"2025-11-24T18:21:44Z","timestamp":1764008504000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/dx.plos.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0335895"}},"subtitle":[],"editor":[{"given":"Thiago P.","family":"Fernandes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"editor"}]}],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]]},"references-count":26,"journal-issue":{"issue":"11","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0335895","relation":{},"ISSN":["1932-6203"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1932-6203","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]]}}}