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- Effects of listening to music on patients who undergo bone scintigraphyPublication . Boal, Maria Ferreira; Vieira, Lina da Conceição Capela Oliveira; Guerreiro, Tiago João VieiraAbstract Problem definition: One of the most relevant oncology diseases is breast cancer, with an incidence of 12.0% in Portugal in 2018. Breast Cancer has a high rate of bone metastasis, so patients undergo bone scintigraphy for the detection of bone metastases due to its high sensitivity. Although this exam is almost routine for these patients, they still feel anxiety when they undergo it. There are many methods of reducing anxiety described in the literature, the most studied being listening to music. To our best knowledge, a study assessing whether listening to music contributes to anxiety reduction in patients undergoing bone scintigraphy has not yet been carried out. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the effect of listening to music during bone scintigraphy on the level of anxiety in patients with breast cancer. Methodologies: Exploratory, quasi-experimental study where 15 participants were included in the control group and 15 in the experimental group. Both underwent bone scintigraphy. The patients included in the experimental group listened to music during the image acquisition while the ones included in the control group did not. All patients answered to the pre-exam and post-exam questionnaires, as well as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaire before scan and after scan, and physiological measures were also measured pre-exam and post-exam. Wrist accelerometers were used four days before the exam. Results: Our results show that blood pressure values were elevated pre- and post-exam and that STAI scores decreased after the exam in both groups. We also established statistically significant differences post-exam between the groups in relation to heart rate and oxygen saturation in the blood. Additionally, with statistical significance, a strong correlation between STAI pre-scan and diastolic blood pressure for the control group, and a moderate correlation between STAI post-scan and respiratory rate for the experimental group were discovered. Furthermore, we found that the day before the exam participants have more sleepy periods during the day and stay in these periods for a longer duration compared with the other days. Conclusion: In conclusion, listening to music to reduce patients' anxiety during bone scans seems to be a good method, considering that patients who reported feeling anxious in the experimental group, mostly stated that listening to music helped reduce anxiety and that STAI scores and systolic blood pressure decreased after the intervention.