Research Article

Music Therapy for Patients Who Have Undergone Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant

Table 1

Patient demographic and medical data.

CharacteristicMusic therapy
Unstructured music
Usual care

Women N (%)14 (48)12 (40)21 (68)
Mean age (SD)43.72 (14.63)44.07 (13.56)45.19 (11.04)
Ethnicity N (%)
 White20 (69)20 (67)19 (61)
 African American0 (0)3 (10)4 (13)
 Hispanic/Latino4 (14)4 (13)3 (10)
 Asian1 (3)1 (3)2 (6)
 Other4 (14)2 (7)3 (10)
Marriage status N (%)
 Married20 (69)22 (73)18 (58)
 Divorced2 (7)1 (3)2 (6)
 Never married5 (17)2 (7)6 (19)
 Declined to answer2 (7)5 (17)5 (16)
Education N (%)
 High school diploma3 (10)6 (20)2 (6)
 Some college12 (41)11 (37)12 (39)
 College degree7 (24)7 (23)10 (32)
 Graduate degree4 (14)4 (13)3 (10)
 Declined to answer2 (7)2 (7)4 (13)
Diagnosis N (%)
 Leukemia18 (62)20 (67)19 (70)
 Lymphoma6 (21)2 (7)5 (19)
 Other5 (17)8 (27)7 (11)
Donor match status
 Matched related18 (62)16 (53)17 (55)
 Matched unrelated8 (28)11 (37)9 (29)
 Unmatched unrelated1 (3)1 (3)1 (3)
 Unknown2 (7)2 (7)4 (13)
Donor cell type N (%)
 Peripheral blood18 (62)17 (57)18 (58)
 Bone marrow9 (31)11 (37)8 (26)
 Umbilical cord/placenta0 (0)0 (0)1 (3)
 Unknown2 (7)2 (7)2 (6)
Baseline GVHD N (%)
 None19 (66)15 (50)20 (65)
 Grade 15 (17)6 (20)5 (16)
 Grade 24 (14)6 (20)4 (13)
 Grade 3 or 41 (3)3 (10)2 (6)
Baseline CMVR N (%) yes 13 (45)17 (57)18 (58)
Mean days since transplant (SD)25.52 (10.10)26.96 (9.40)30.04 (12.10)

GVHD: graph-versus-host disease; CMVR: cytomegalovirus reactivation.