An investigation of the effect of music therapy on body image of women with breast cancer

Background: breast cancer is the most important factors concerning health in the women. current cancer care increasingly incorporates psychosocial interventions. today much emphasis is on non-pharmacological methods of pain relief called behavioral method. methods: the study population included all women with breast cancer referred to ayatollah khansari hospital in arak city. and the sample composed of 30 patients with breast cancer into two groups of 15 control and experimental. sampling method was purposive. participants got relaxation session added music therapy .data was gathered by multidimensional body self relations questionnaire (mbsrq with 6 subscales) appearance evaluation 2) tendency to appearance 3) assessing the fitness 4) tendency to fitness,5) obsession with overweight 6) and satisfaction with the body areas. results: mean score of pretest- post test showed mean score of satisfaction with the body areas in higher than other subcategories and low means was belong to tendency to fitness .also other results showed that this approach effects to bias appearance of women and assessment of fitness of women with breast cancer. conclusion: as this study has shown,techniques such as muscle relaxation (relaxation) and music therapy have a positive impact on body image in women with breast cancer. in this case,expansion of the use of music in the community of cancerous patients by familiarizing people with musical instruments and emphasizing the benefits and positive effects of music therapy in various fields are highly important and valuable.