Watching a movie or listening to music is effective in managing perioperative anxiety and pain: a randomised controlled trial
Hafize Demirci,
Sebastiaan L. van der Storm,
Nathalie J. Huizing
et al.
Abstract:Purpose
Despite the use of perioperative anxiolytics and pain medication, surgery can be a stressful and painful experience. Providing patients with distractions using video and/or audio tools in addition to medication may be helpful. To date, no studies have compared different distraction modalities in a same-day surgical setting in adults. This study aims to determine whether audio-visual distraction with video glasses (AVD) is more effective in reducing anxiety and pain compared to audio distr… Show more
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