Songs for Silent Suffering: Could Music Help with Postsurgical Pain?

Effect of Listening to Preferred Music on Intensity of Pain and Physiologic Parameters in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

“…In addition to medication therapy, non pharmacological methods, such as music, can be implemented to alleviate pain after surgery [18]. Present study aimed to examine the effect of music listening on severity of pain and vital signs in patients undergoing CABG surgery.…”

Postoperative Pain Management

“…Music therapy along with analgesic administration has been known to decrease levels of pain in postoperative patients. Research has determined that the combination of pain medication and listening to music can improve pain by 23% and can be a potential opportunity to help prevent chronic pain (Kankkenen, P. & Vaajoki, A., 2014). Due to the variety of genres of music and cultural backgrounds, it is important to allow patients to determine the kind of music that will be played.…”

“…An individual's age, culture, and familiarity with music are three factors that can affect a person's genre preference (Kankkenen, P. & Vaajoki, A., 2014). Along with considering these key factors, it is also important to inform patients about music therapy as a pain management option (Kankkenen, P. & Vaajoki, A., 2014). Not only does music reduce pain, it also can help fear and stress levels among postoperative patients.…”

“…The patients, who listened to music, had an improved well -being compared to the individuals, who did not (Effects of music on vital signs and postoperative pain, 2004). Kankkenen and Vaajoki (2014) Another study was conducted to "find out the effect of music therapy on postoperative analgesia and second to determine the duration of its effect" (Dagli, G., Kilic, E., Özkan, S., Sen, H., Sizlan, A., & Yanarates, Ö., 2010). The results of the single blinded study were that the participants in Group 1, the music group, had less patient controlled analgesia by the fourth hour after surgery than Group 2.…”