Music and Preoperative Anxiety: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Wang, Shuming; Kulkarni, Lina; Dolev, Jackqulin; Kain, Zeev N.

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“…During the Second World War, Harriet Ayer Seymour implemented music therapy visits in hospitals and trained more than 500 doctors for this purpose 5. In the midst of the 20th century, music was used in psychiatry and psychology with positive health outcomes6,7 The American Music Therapy Association promoted music as a means of treatment for many conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, various affective disorders, pain, stroke, and dementia 8. However, there is emphasis on the strong need for objective outcome data to establish the therapeutic efficacy of music 9.…”

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“…However, there is emphasis on the strong need for objective outcome data to establish the therapeutic efficacy of music 9. A number of studies evaluating music therapy are hindered by multiple methodological problems, such as small sample sizes, lack of control groups, no randomization, selection bias, and nonstandardized protocols 8. Music and heart health have a special relation.…”

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Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Alterations through Music in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery in Greece

Merakou

Varouxi²,

Barbouni

et al. 2015

Ophthalmol Eye Dis

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INTRODUCTIONMusic has been proposed as a safe, inexpensive, nonpharmacological antistress intervention. The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients undergoing cataract surgery while listening to meditation music experience lower levels of blood pressure and heart rate.METHODSTwo hundred individuals undergoing cataract surgery participated in the study. Hundred individuals listened to meditation music, through headphones, before and during the operation (intervention group) and 100 individuals received standard care (control group). Patients stress coping skills were measured by the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC Scale). Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were defined as outcome measures.RESULTSAccording to the SOC Scale, both groups had similar stress coping skills (mean score: 127.6 for the intervention group and 127.3 for the control group). Before entering the operating room (OR) as well as during surgery the rise in systolic and diastolic pressures was significantly lower in the intervention group (P < 0.001). Among patients receiving antihypertensive therapy, those in the intervention group presented a lower increase only in systolic pressure (P < 0.001) at both time recordings. For those patients in the intervention group who did not receive antihypertensive treatment, lower systolic blood pressure at both time recordings was recorded (P < 0.001) while lower diastolic pressure was observed only during entry to the OR (P = 0.021). Heart rate was not altered between the two groups in any of the recordings.CONCLUSIONSMeditation music influenced patients’ preoperative stress with regard to systolic blood pressure. This kind of music can be used as an alternative or complementary method for blood pressure stabilizing in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

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Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Alterations through Music in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery in Greece

Merakou

Varouxi²,

Barbouni

et al. 2015

Ophthalmol Eye Dis

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“…While morphine at low doses is used as an anxiolytic, a deeper analysis of this effect, for instance with regard to the dose-response relationship and individual variation, appears to be lacking. Other approaches to reducing anxiety include the preoperative use of benzodiazepine [17] or distracting the patient, for instance by exposure to music [18]. Furthermore, a study of dental out-patients has suggested that a postoperative telephone call from the therapist demonstrating care and reassurance may improve the analgesia [19].…”

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"Anxiebo", placebo, and postoperative pain

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“…Tears burst out uncontrolledly when “The Queen's Epicedium” (Henry Purcell and John Blow, 1695) is performed, whereas intense joy floods our heart when we hear “The Blue Danube” (Johann Strauss II, 1866). Indeed, behavioral studies have shown that music evokes various emotions [1], [2], and can help patients feel less anxious and reduce postoperative pain [3]–[5]. However, little is known about the neural basis that links music and emotion.…”

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The Gray Matter Volume of the Amygdala Is Correlated with the Perception of Melodic Intervals: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

Beuckelaer

Jiahui

et al. 2014

PLoS ONE

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Music is not simply a series of organized pitches, rhythms, and timbres, it is capable of evoking emotions. In the present study, voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was employed to explore the neural basis that may link music to emotion. To do this, we identified the neuroanatomical correlates of the ability to extract pitch interval size in a music segment (i.e., interval perception) in a large population of healthy young adults (N = 264). Behaviorally, we found that interval perception was correlated with daily emotional experiences, indicating the intrinsic link between music and emotion. Neurally, and as expected, we found that interval perception was positively correlated with the gray matter volume (GMV) of the bilateral temporal cortex. More important, a larger GMV of the bilateral amygdala was associated with better interval perception, suggesting that the amygdala, which is the neural substrate of emotional processing, is also involved in music processing. In sum, our study provides one of first neuroanatomical evidence on the association between the amygdala and music, which contributes to our understanding of exactly how music evokes emotional responses.

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Music and Preoperative Anxiety: A Randomized, Controlled Study

Abstract: Patients who listen to music of their choice during the preoperative period report less anxiety.

Cited by 109 publications

References 22 publications

Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Alterations through Music in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery in Greece

Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Alterations through Music in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery in Greece

"Anxiebo", placebo, and postoperative pain

The Gray Matter Volume of the Amygdala Is Correlated with the Perception of Melodic Intervals: A Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

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