Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2014, 5(4):156-160 | DOI: 10.15452/CEJNM.2014.05.0011

Effects of music listening on preoperative state anxiety and physiological parameters in patients undergoing general surgery: a randomized quasi-experimental trial

Abouzar Mohammadi1,*, Neda Mirbagher Ajorpaz1, Mahsa Torabi1, Alireza Mirsane2, Fatemeh Moradi1
1 Department of Surgical Technology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, I. R. Iran
2 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, I. R. Iran

Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of music on preoperative state anxiety and physiological parameters including heart rate, respiratory rate and mean systolic, and diastolic blood pressure in 60 patients undergoing general surgery.

Methods: The study was designed as a randomized quasi-experimental trial. A total of 60 patients were allocated to two equal groups. Subjects in the trial group listened to non-vocal classical music through headphones for 20 minutes before entering the operating theater. State anxiety was measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and the physiological parameters by pulse CO-oximeter (Masimo RAD-57C, Finland). The results obtained were finally analyzed by SPSS software version 16 using chi-square and t-tests.

Results: There was an insignificant difference in demographic data between the two groups (p > 0.05), but before and after listening to music, a significant difference was observed in state anxiety (p < 0.01).

Conclusions: Significant differences in both state anxiety and physiological parameters confirmed that music as a non-pharmacological intervention can be used as a complementary tool in nursing care.

Keywords: music therapy, state anxiety, physiological parameters, non-pharmacological intervention

Received: August 10, 2014; Accepted: November 3, 2014; Published: September 30, 2014  Show citation

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Mohammadi A, Mirbagher Ajorpaz N, Torabi M, Mirsane A, Moradi F. Effects of music listening on preoperative state anxiety and physiological parameters in patients undergoing general surgery: a randomized quasi-experimental trial. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2014;5(4):156-160. doi: 10.15452/CEJNM.2014.05.0011.
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