# OnCo record idea-pu-mask-anxiety-screening (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-mask-anxiety-screening/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-pu-mask-anxiety-screening" ;
  schema:name "Ask about mask anxiety at every head and neck radiotherapy visit, and offer music and guided relaxation"@en ;
  schema:description "About a quarter of people having radiotherapy for head and neck cancer say the mask makes them anxious, and radiographers do not reliably notice who. A randomised trial of 208 people in India found that music and a guided relaxation exercise during the first five sessions lowered mask anxiety scores."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-mask-anxiety-screening/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-10-20"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.308>, <https://doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.346>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adro.2022.100967>, <https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-09901-z> ;
  onco:tag "protocol-upgrade", "upgrade:promising", "evidence:moderate" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-open-face-masks/>, <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-pu-radiotherapy-walkthrough-before-planning/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/oropharyngeal-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/music-therapy-cancer/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/relaxation-guided-imagery/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/rejuv-mind-distress-screening/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/psycho-oncology/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-toxicity-qol/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-patient-voice/> .