Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 5, 2026
Walk with Me Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Walking for Older Adults with Neurodegenerative Disease
Published on: June 16, 2023
Bach to the Basics: Implementation and Impact of a Postoperative, Inpatient Personalized Music Program for Older
Purpose:
Music as an intervention to mitigate pain and anxiety has been well studied in the perioperative period. We present a quality improvement (QI) report describing implementation and evaluation of a postoperative, inpatient personalized music program for older adults undergoing elective surgeries.
Design:
We embedded this program in an existing interdisciplinary perioperative care program, with an outpatient and an inpatient component, at an academic institution.
Methods:
We describe our initial QI steps, highlight critical lessons learned from this behavioral intervention, and discuss high yield areas to focus on future implementation efforts.
Findings:
Rapid cycle improvement was an effective method to monitor QI measures. Participants in our program perceived improved mood and pain control, were satisfied with their experience, and had lower rates of incident delirium.
Conclusions:
This program offers perioperative teams, especially frontline nursing staff, an inexpensive, patient-centered tool to optimize postoperative pain and anxiety. We believe that it can be easily replicated at a variety of hospital systems.
Related Concept Videos
01:15Nursing Implementation
The five steps to implementing effective nursing care include reassessing the patient, reviewing and revising the existing nursing care plan, organizing the resources and care delivery, anticipating and preventing complications, and implementing nursing interventions.
02:27Energy Basics
01:19Impact of Groups on Groups
01:21Basicity of Aliphatic Amines
To measure the basicity of amines, two conventions are generally used. The first defines Kb as the basicity constant for the deprotonation reaction of water by the amine, as presented in Figure 1. Conventionally, lower Kb indicates higher...
01:22Basic Operations on Signals
Time Reversal mirrors a continuous-time signal about the vertical axis at t=0. This is achieved by substituting t with −t. For example, if a signal x(t) is considered, the time-reversed signal is x(−t). This operation can be graphically represented, showing the mirrored signal.
02:52VSEPR Theory and the Basic Shapes