Alternative therapies in health and medicine
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Altern Ther Health Med · Jul 2016
Observational StudySmartphone-based Music Listening to Reduce Pain and Anxiety Before Coronarography: A Focus on Sex Differences.
Background • Music Care is a smartphone-based application providing a musical intervention for the management of pain and anxiety in a clinical setting. Coronarography is a medical procedure frequently associated with examination anxiety. Objectives • The study intended to perform an initial evaluation of the application for use with patients undergoing a coronarography. ⋯ Conclusions • The smartphone-based Music Care application is an easy-to-use tool to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing coronarography. Future large-scale, controlled trials are necessary to compare its effectiveness with other interventions. Both women and men can benefit from the use of the application.