Effects of Music Therapy on Pain, Discomfort, and Depression for Patients with Leg Fractures

Abstract

These results demonstrate that music therapy is an effective method for decreasing pain and dis-comfort for patients with leg fractures.

Effectiveness of music intervention on the quality of life of older people

“…Among the different kinds of health intervention, the importance of music and its healing effect was noted by Locsin in the 1900s. It is thought that music can act as a nursing intervention to relieve pain (Kwon et al. 2006) and increase the comfort of people (Horden 2000, Evans 2002).…”

Music therapy as an adjuvant therapeutic tool in medical practice: an evidence-based summary

“…Of the 49 studies that met our selection criteria, six were systematic reviews 2-7 , three were meta-analyses [8][9][10] , 33 were randomised clinical trials [13][14][15][26][27][28][29][30][32][33][34][35][36][37]44,47 and seven were non-randomised clinical trials 11,12,25,31,45,46 26,31,[35][36][37]43 .…”

“…Music therapy in surgery A vast number of studies have already investigated the impact of music on patient anxiety in pre-operative, post-operative and intra-operative settings of surgical procedures from several specialties 2,7,11,13,18,25,28,31,32,34,35,37,41 .…”

Factores que inciden en la calidad de vida de las personas adultas mayores

“…Los resultados de esta investigación son similares a los reportados por Kwon, Kim, and Park (2006), quienes investigaron los efectos de la intervención musical en el dolor, la incomodidad, y depresión en 40 adultos, mediante un diseño de ensayo clínico aleatorizado. El grupo de intervención fue expuesto diariamente a musicoterapia durante 30-60 minutos y los resultados evidencian que esta fue efectiva para reducir el dolor (p < 0.001), la incomodidad (p < 0.001), y la depresión (p < 0.001), así como también, significativamente disminuyó la presión arterial (p < 0.001), la frecuencia respiratoria (p < 0.001) y la cardiaca (p < 0.001).…”