Effect of Music on Pain, Anxiety, and Patient Satisfaction in Patients Who Present to the Emergency Department in Turkey

Journal

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Year

2015

Abstract

Aim: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of music therapy on pain, anxiety, and patient satisfaction in patients who present to the emergency department in Turkey. Methods: This controlled and experimental study was conducted in the emergency department of a hospital in Turkey between July and October 2012. The study sample consisted of 200 patients in total, 100 forming the intervention group and 100 being the control group, who fell under color code green in the triage system and came with complaints of pain due to nausea/vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain, headaches, and joint pain. A questionnaire, the State Anxiety Scale, and the Visual Analog Scale to measure the patients' level of pain were used in the study. The questionnaires of the intervention group were administered after playing the music. Results: When the intervention and control groups were compared, it was observed that there was a significant decrease in the VASP and STAI‐S scores in favor of the intervention group. It was observed that 21.0% of the patients in the intervention group were very pleased to hear music in the emergency department, 58% of them were moderately or at least a little pleased, and 21.0% were not pleased at all. Conclusion: The results showed that music therapy had a positive effect in terms of reducing the severity of pain and the level of anxiety in patients, that only a very small portion of the patients were not pleased to listen to music in the emergency department. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Music and Health Institute Terms

Acute Pain; Anxiety; Anxiety Scales; Emergency Department; Headache; Hospital Setting; Joint Pain; Music Listening; Music Medicine; Nausea; Noninvasive Procedures; Pain; Pain Management and Control; Pain Score or Rating; Pain Severity; Patient Satisfaction; Questionnaires; Recorded Music Listening; Self-Report Measures; Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Indexed Terms

anxiety; emergency department; pain; patient satisfaction; Adolescents; Emergency Service, Hospital; Pain Management; Turkey; Client Satisfaction; Emergency Services

Study Type

Quasi-Experimental Study; Quantitative Methods

PubMed ID

2015-02455-006

Document Type

Article

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