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- Tina Stubbs.
- Homerton University Hospital, London.
- Nurs Times. 2005 Nov 8; 101 (45): 34-6.
AimTo gain insight into patients' and nurses' perception of the benefits of music therapy during critical illness.MethodThe patients received music therapy on two prescribed occasions for 30 minutes each day. Unstructured interviews were conducted with five patients and four nurses and analysed according to Burnard's framework (1991).ResultsPatients can and do recall listening to music, even when they have been sedated and ventilated. They related to the music that they were listening to and some experienced imagery concerning the music. The nurses found it useful as an aid to wean patients off the ventilator, helping to keep them calm and focused.ConclusionThe study concluded that music is useful not only for relaxing patients but also in some cases 'relocating' them from the critical care area to the place where they would normally be listening to the music.
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