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The effects of listening to music on the postoperative nausea and vomiting
1Aksaray University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Surgical Nursing, Aksaray, Turkey.
Aim:
To determine the effect of music on the severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting after the laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Methods:
This study was a randomized, controlled clinical study. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups (intervention group and control group). The numerical scale of nausea was used in rating the nausea complaints of the patients and the vomiting incidence assessment form in determining the incidence of vomiting.
Results:
There were statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of the severity of nausea complaint (W = 110.826 p < 0.001). When compared to the control group, the vomiting incidence of the patients was statistically significantly lower in intervention group.
Conclusions:
This study demonstrated that listening to music decreased the severity nausea and the incidence of vomiting in the postoperative period.
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