• J Holist Nurs · Mar 2016

    Therapeutic Use of Music and Television in Neurocritical Care: A Practice Survey.

    • DaiWai M Olson, H Hunt Batjer, Michael L Zanders, Kimberly Harrison, and Jose I Suarez.
    • The University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas daiwai.olson@utsouthwestern.edu.
    • J Holist Nurs. 2016 Mar 1; 34 (1): 6-12.

    IntroductionAlthough health care providers often play music via radio, or play television, to calm and soothe patients, limited research is available to guide practice.MethodThis study used a 17-item practice survey that was distributed electronically to neurocritical care society members in July 2014. Responses were collated and analyzed using SAS (Version 9.3).ResultsThere were 118 completed responses, including from 71 attending physicians, 9 resident or fellow physicians, 30 nurses, and 8 affiliate professional members. The majority of respondents sometimes or always play music (65%) and agree that music is therapeutic (70%). However, there was no clear practice pattern regarding when or why music or TV should be used as an intervention in the neurocritical care unit.ConclusionThe use of music and TV is a common intervention in the neurocritical care unit but lacks a strong scientific foundation and is associated with a high practice variance.© The Author(s) 2015.

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