Intraoperative Music Reduces Perceived Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Blinded, Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial

Journal

The Journal of Knee Surgery

Year

2008

Abstract

Patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) often experience a difficult recovery due to severe postoperative pain. Using a multimodal pain management protocol, a blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of patient-selected music on reducing perceived pain. Thirty patients undergoing primary unilateral TKA were enrolled and randomized into the music group (15 patients) or the control group (15 patients). Postoperative pain scores, assessed with the visual analog scale, indicated the music group experienced less pain at 3 and 24 hours postoperatively than did the nonmusic group (at 3 hours: 1.47+/-1.39 versus 3.87+/-3.44, P=.01; at 24 hours: 2.41+/-1.67 versus 4.03+/-2.89, P=.04). Intraoperative music provides an inexpensive nonpharmacological option to further reduce postoperative pain.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Hospital Setting; Hospitalized Patients; Music Listening; Music Medicine; Orthopedic Surgery; Pain; Pain Management and Control; Pain Score or Rating; Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Patients; Recorded Music Listening; Self-Report Measures; Surgery; Surgical Patients; Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

Indexed Terms

Elderly; Arthritis; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; Double-Blind Method; Follow-Up Studies; Intraoperative Care; Pain Measurement; Postoperative Pain; Patient Satisfaction; Prospective Studies

Study Type

Randomized Controlled Trial; Quantitative Methods

PubMed ID

18979928

Document Type

Article

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