The effects of a designer music intervention on patients' anxiety, pain, and experience of colonoscopy: a short report on a pilot study
Martindale F, Mikocka-Walus AA, Walus BP, Keage H, Andrews JM
Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates · 19 citations
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- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2014-09-01 · Gastroenterol Nurs · vol. 37 · issue 5 · pp. 338–342
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Cited
- 28 citations · more than 83% of similar papers · 1.5× the field average
- References
- 20 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Keywords
- Anxiety, Colonoscopy, Sedation, Midazolam, Medicine, Headphones, Music therapy, Anesthesia, Active listening, Psychology, Physical therapy, Colorectal cancer, Psychiatry, Internal medicine, Psychotherapist, Cancer
- MeSH
- humans, pain, colonoscopy, music therapy, pilot projects, anxiety, female, male, pain management, procedural sedation
5 authors
From AU
- Fiona MartindaleUniversity of South Australia; The University of Adelaide
- Antonina A Mikocka‐Walus · correspondingUniversity of South Australia
- Bartlomiej P. Walus · corresponding
- Hannah A. D. KeageUniversity of South Australia
- Jane Mary Andrews
Abstract
There is a controversy on whether listening to music before or during colonoscopy reduces anxiety and pain and improves satisfaction and compliance with the procedure. This study aimed to establish whether specifically designed music significantly affects anxiety, pain, and experience associated with colonoscopy. In this semirandomized controlled study, 34 patients undergoing a colonoscopy were provided with either muted headphones (n = 17) or headphones playing the investigator-selected music (n = 17) for 10 minutes before and during colonoscopy. Anxiety, pain, sedation dose, and overall experience were measured using quantitative measures and scales. Participants' state anxiety decreased over time (P < .001). However, music did not significantly reduce anxiety (P = .441), pain scores (P = .313), or midazolam (P = .327) or fentanyl doses (P = .295). Despite these findings, 100% of the music group indicated that they would want music if they were to repeat the procedure, as compared with only 50% of those in the nonmusic group wanting to wear muted headphones. Although no significant effects of music on pain, anxiety, and sedation were found, a clear preference for music was expressed, therefore warranting further research on this subject.
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