Rhythm and Orthopedics: The Effect of Music Therapy in Cast Room Procedures, a Prospective Clinical Trial

Journal

Injury

Year

2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Cast room procedures generally cause anxiety in patients. Anxiety complicates the procedure as well as increases the risk of a complication. Listening to music was found to be the safest and most common non-drug treatment method. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of listening to music on adult patients in cast room procedures. This study points out the relation between anxiety and anxiety relevant cardiac arrhythmia.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was performed on 199 patients with stable general condition, aged above 18. The patients were divided into two groups. Randomization method used in the study was coin flip. The first group (Group 1) listened to music during cast room procedures whereby the second group (Group 2) did not listen to music. Length of the procedure, complication, blood pressure and heart rate evaluations before and after the procedure, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS scores for pain), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) anxiety score, patient satisfaction, willingness of the patient to repeat the procedure, P wave dispersion (Pd) and corrected QT interval dispersion (QTcd) as electrocardiographic arrhythmia predictors were evaluated. The Clinical Research Ethics Committee approval was obtained for this study.RESULTS: Significant difference was shown between the two groups for the following criteria: VAS scores (p = 0.005), anxiety scores (p = 0.032), processing time (p = 0.027), and QTcd values (p = 0.031). Patient satisfaction (p CONCLUSION: Music therapy is a non-invasive, safe, nonpharmacologic, anxiolytic, and analgesic treatment. Music therapy should become standard protocol in cast room procedures. One of the most important achievements of this study was the fact that music decreases anxiety and anxiety-related cardiac arrhythmia. Therefore, conducting further prospective studies including high cardiac risk patients especially with arrhythmia is crucial.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Anxiety; Anxiety Scales; Blood Pressure; Heart Rate; Music Listening; Music Medicine; Noninvasive Procedures; Pain; Pain Management and Control; Patient Satisfaction; Procedural Pain; Recorded Music Listening; Self-Report Measures; Visual Analog Scale (VAS); Vital signs; Willingness to Undergo Procedure

Indexed Terms

EMBASE keywords; achievement; blood pressure; clinical research; complication; controlled study; general condition; heart arrhythmia; heart rate; human; major clinical study; orthopedics; P wave; pain; patient satisfaction; professional standard; prospective study; QTc interval; randomization; randomized controlled trial; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; visual analog scale; analgesic agent; anxiolytic agent; Elderly; Elderly; Blood Pressure; Casts, Surgical; Heart Rate; Pain Measurement; Patient Satisfaction; Prospective Studies; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; Anxiety; Device Removal; Device Removal; Music

Study Type

Randomized Controlled Trial; Quantitative Methods

PubMed ID

29454656

Document Type

Article

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