Music Breathing for Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed With Cancer

"Parental caregivers in the intervention group will receive individual home-based music breathing therapy comprising eight 1-hour weekly sessions for 2 months delivered through Zoom, by a qualified music therapist based on a standardized and validated music breathing instruction manual. The music breathing therapy comprises four breathing phases, namely Discovery Breathing, Triangular Breathing, Silent Breathing, and Music Breathing. In each session, participants will practice breathing for approximately 20-25 minutes in silence or with music in a sitting position. Thereafter, the participants will be instructed to create a Mandala drawing to visualize the effects of breathing on their mental body image, emotions, and thoughts. Each session will end with a debriefing session, which will serve to verbally integrate and reflect the participants' experiences and mental states."

Participants in the control group will receive eight weekly online educational modules via email for 2 months. The content of the online educational modules will include medical information and advice about caring for a child who has been newly diagnosed with cancer.