Music listening alleviates anxiety and physiological responses in patients receiving spinal anesthesia
Lee WP, Wu PY, Lee MY, Ho LH, Shih WM
Complementary therapies in medicine · 19 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Nonprofit
- Chang Gung Medical Foundation
Based on 1 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2017-01-07 · Complement Ther Med · vol. 31 · pp. 8–13
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Cited
- 48 citations · more than 92% of similar papers · 3.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 25 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY-NC-ND
- Research areas
- Music Therapy and Health · Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Keywords
- Medicine, Pacu, Anxiety, Anesthesia, Blood pressure, Heart rate, Nursing care, Music therapy, Active listening, Nursing, Physical therapy, Internal medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology
- MeSH
- humans, music therapy, anesthesia, spinal, anxiety, blood pressure, heart rate, adult, aged, middle aged, taiwan, female, male
5 authors
From TW
- Wen-Ping LeeChang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Pao-Yuan WuHsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Meng‐Ying LeeChang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Lun‐Hui HoChang Gung University of Science and Technology
- Whei-Mei Jean Shih · correspondingChang Gung University of Science and Technology
Abstract
Objective
The aim of this study was to explore the effects of listening to music on the anxiety levels and physiological responses of surgical patients receiving spinal anesthesia.
Methods
An experimental design was used in the study with an experimental group (n=50) and a control group (n=50). The experimental group received 30min of musical intervention and routine nursing care in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) while the control group received only routine nursing care.
Results
The study found significant differences in both anxiety and physiological indices between the two groups. The mean score of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) in the study group decreased from a pre-test score of 59.0 to a post-test score of 31.20 (t=28.63, p<0.001). Physiological indices such as heart rate (t=2.61, p=0.012), respiration rate (t=2.29, p=0.026), systolic blood pressure (t=2.30, p=0.026), and diastolic blood pressure (t=3.02, p=0.004) decreased significantly as well. Control group was not seeing significant changes from pre-op values.
Conclusion
Listening to music while in the recovery room may decrease the level of anxiety in surgical patients receiving spinal anesthesia. The results of this study can serve as a reference for PACU nurses in utilizing music listening programs to achieve the goal of holistic care.
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