Music therapy for patients receiving spine surgery
Lin PC, Lin ML, Huang LC, Hsu HC, Lin CC
Journal of clinical nursing · 48 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Case-control study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2011-02-15 · J Clin Nurs · vol. 20 · issue 7-8 · pp. 960–968
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 87 citations · more than 97% of similar papers · 8.1× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 31 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Keywords
- Medicine, Music therapy, MEDLINE, General surgery, Physical therapy
- MeSH
- spine, humans, pain, music therapy, case-control studies, anxiety, aged, middle aged, taiwan, female, male, pain management
5 authors
From TW
- Pi‐Chu Lin · correspondingTaipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- Man‐Ling LinTaipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- Li‐Ching HuangTaipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- H. C. HsuTaipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei Medical University
- Chiong‐Chu LinTaipei Veterans General Hospital; Taipei Medical University
Abstract
Aims and objectives
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of music therapy on anxiety, postoperative pain and physiological reactions to emotional and physical distress in patients undergoing spinal surgery.
Background
Surgery-related anxiety and pain are the greatest concern of surgical patients, especially for those undergoing major procedures.
Design
A quasi-experimental study design was conducted in a medical centre in Taiwan from April-July 2006.
Methods
Sixty patients were recruited. The study group listened to selected music from the evening before surgery to the second day after surgery. The control group did not listen to music. Patients' levels of anxiety and pain were measured with visual analogue scales (VAS). Physiological measures, including heart rate, blood pressure and 24-hour urinalysis, were performed.
Results
The average age of the 60 patients was 62·18 (SD 18·76) years. The mean VAS score for degree of anxiety in the study group was 0·8-2·0, compared with 2·1-5·1 in the control group. The mean VAS score for degree of pain in the study group was 1·7-3·0, compared with 4·4-6·0 in the control group. The differences between the two groups in VAS scores for both anxiety (p = 0·018-0·001) and pain (p = 0·001) were statistically significant. One hour after surgery, the mean blood pressure was significantly lower in the study group than in the control group (p = 0·014), but no significant differences were found between the two groups in urine cortisol (p = 0·145-0·495), norepinephrine (p = 0·228-0·626) or epinephrine values (p = 0·074-0·619).
Conclusions
Music therapy has some positive effects on levels of anxiety and pain in patients undergoing spinal surgery.
Relevance to clinical practice
Complementary music therapy can alleviate pain and anxiety in patients before and after spinal surgery.
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