• Complement Ther Med · Apr 2014

    Intra-operative music listening for anxiety, the BIS index, and the vital signs of patients undergoing regional anesthesia.

    • Ikyul Bae, Heon Man Lim, Myung-Haeng Hur, and MyeongSoo Lee.
    • Kunsan College of Nursing, Kunsan, South Korea. Electronic address: bil333@kcn.ac.kr.
    • Complement Ther Med. 2014 Apr 1; 22 (2): 251-7.

    ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intraoperative music listening on anxiety, the BIS index, and the vital signs of patients undergoing regional anesthesia in an operating room.MethodsEighty patients who were scheduled for a surgery that would use regional anesthesia were allocated to either the music therapy group listened to music using headphones for the entire surgery or no-treatment control group. Outcome measures were blood pressure (BP) and the BIS index.ResultsAnxiety was significantly differed between the two groups (t=11.27, p=<.001). The BIS index was significantly lower in the experimental group than the control group from 15min to the end of the operation (F=7.25, p<.001). Vital signs marginally differed between the two groups.ConclusionMusic therapy during surgery maybe an effective nursing intervention that relieves anxiety and increases sedation in patients undergoing surgery with regional anesthesia.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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