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Pınar Kırdemir1, Hale Yarkan Uysal1, Gülten Sağır1
1Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Premedication with sedative drugs is one of the most preferred methods to reduce anxiety. Due to concerns about maternal and fetal side effects, their use in obstetric anesthesia is not preferred. The primary aim of the authors of this study is to investigate the effect of music on perioperative anxiety in pregnant. The patients were randomized into three groups; Group M was listened to music during the surgery, Group S isolated from ambient noise and Group C was the control group. Anxiety status was measured at the preoperative anesthesia examination, on the morning of surgery, and at the first hour postoperatively. Although we observed the lowest postoperative anxiety in Group M, it wasn't statistically significant. Music is an easy-to-apply and no-side-effect method. Therefore, we believe that more clinical studies with more patients are needed for clearer results.
Premedication with sedative drugs is one of the most preferred methods to reduce anxiety. Due to concerns about maternal and fetal side effects, their use in obstetric anesthesia is not preferred. The primary aim of the authors of this study is to investigate the effect of music on perioperative anxiety in pregnant. The patients were randomized into three groups; Group M was listened to music during the surgery, Group S isolated from ambient noise and Group C was the control group. Anxiety status was measured at the preoperative anesthesia examination, on the morning of surgery, and at the first hour postoperatively. Although we observed the lowest postoperative anxiety in Group M, it wasn't statistically significant. Music is an easy-to-apply and no-side-effect method. Therefore, we believe that more clinical studies with more patients are needed for clearer results.
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