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Perioperative music or headsets to decrease anxiety.

Brenda Johnson¹, Shirley Raymond, Judith Goss

¹The Christ Hospital, 2139 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA. Brenda.Johnson@thechristhospital.com

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses

|May 23, 2012

Summary

Music interventions significantly reduced anxiety in women undergoing gynecologic same-day surgery. Listening to music with headphones provided the greatest anxiety reduction compared to headphones alone or usual care.

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Area of Science:

Anesthesiology
Psychology
Women's Health

Background:

Postanesthesia care unit/operating room noise can increase patient anxiety.
Gynecologic same-day surgery patients may experience heightened preoperative and postoperative anxiety.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of music versus noise-blocking headphones on anxiety levels in women undergoing gynecologic same-day surgery.
To compare the effectiveness of music intervention against noise-blocking headphones and usual care in managing surgical anxiety.

Main Methods:

A randomized controlled trial involving 119 women undergoing gynecologic same-day surgery.
Participants were assigned to usual care, music with headphones, or headphones only.
Anxiety levels were measured using a 0-10 scale preoperatively and postoperatively.

Main Results:

All groups showed a decrease in anxiety, but the usual care group had the least improvement.
The music group reported the lowest postoperative anxiety scores.
The headphone-only group demonstrated a greater overall change in anxiety levels compared to usual care.

Conclusions:

Music is an effective, inexpensive, noninvasive intervention for reducing anxiety in surgical patients.
Music with headphones offers a significant benefit in lowering anxiety levels post-gynecologic same-day surgery.
Noise-blocking headphones also contribute to anxiety reduction, though music appears more effective.