Terapi musik merupakan salah satu terapi komplementer pada anak yang mengalami mual muntah lambat akibat kemoterapi. Mual muntah lambat merupakan efek yang paling menimbulkan stres pada anak dan keluarga. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengidentifikasi pengaruh terap musik terhadap mual muntah lambat pada anak usia sekolah dengan kanker. Desain penelitian adalah kuasi eksperimen dngan pre-post test control design.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perbedaan mual muntah setelah mendapatkan terapi musik pada kelompok intervensi bermakna dibandingkan kelompok kontrol. Kesimpulannya, terapi musik secara signifikan dapat menurunkan mual muntah lambat akibat kemoterapi. Disarankan agar terapi musik dapat diterapkan sebagai intervensi keperawatan dalam menangani pasien yang mengalami mual muntah lambat akibat kemoterapi.
Music therapy is one of complementary theray on children who experience delayed nause vomiting as chemotherapy effect. Nausea vomiting is an effect that cause stress in children and their family. The purpose iof this research was to identify the effect of music therapy on delayed nausea vomiting in school age who suffered from cancer. Design research used a quasi experimental with pre-post test control design.
Result show that there were significant decrease of average delayed nausea vomiting on intervention group that was given music therapy comparing to control group. Music therapy significantly decrease delayed nause vomiting as chemotherapy effect in school age who suffered from cancer. It is suggested that music therapy can be intergrated as part of nursing intervention in delivering nursing care for patients who experience delayed nausea vomiting as chemotherapy effect.