Music Intervention in Pain Relief of Cardiovascular Patients in Cardiac Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Journal

Pain Medicine

Year

2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Numerous meta-analyses have been conducted on music and pain, but no studies have investigated music and cardiac procedural pain. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of music intervention on pain in cardiac procedures in the published randomized controlled trials. METHODS: This study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. All the included randomized controlled studies were published between 1999 and 2016. Studies were obtained from electronic databases or by hand-searching of related journals and reference lists. The main outcome was pain intensity, and the secondary outcomes were vital signs such as heart rate, respiration rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. Risk of bias of the included studies was evaluated according to the Cochrane Collaboration guidelines. RESULTS: Analysis of 14 studies indicated that music interventions had statistically significant effects on decreasing pain scales (mean deviation [MD] = -1.84), heart rate (MD = -2.62), respiration rate (MD = -2.57), systolic blood pressure (MD = -5.11), and diastolic blood pressure (MD = 0.44). The subgroup analysis method was used in all five outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Considering all the possible benefits, music intervention may provide an effective complement for the relief of cardiac procedural pain.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Blood Pressure; Coronary Procedures; Heart Rate; Invasive Medical Procedures; Music Listening; Music Medicine; Pain; Pain Management and Control; Pain Severity; Procedural Pain; Recorded Music Listening; Respiratory Rate; Self-Report Measures; Vital Signs

Indexed Terms

Heart Rate; Pain; Pain Management; Cardiac Procedure; Meta-analysis; Music Intervention; Pain Relief; Systematic Review

Study Type

Meta-Analysis; Quantitative Methods; Systematic Review

PubMed ID

32472142

Document Type

Article

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