Korean J Anesthesiol.  2004 Jul;47(1):38-41. 10.4097/kjae.2004.47.1.38.

The Effect of Music on Intraoperative Anxiety during Spinal Anesthesia

• Lee JH
• Yu BS
• Chung CD
• An TH

• KMID: 2237554
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2004.47.1.38

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Most surgical patients experience perioperative anxiety. This anxiety can effect the amount of preanesthetic medication and anesthetic agents needed, and contributes to postoperative pain. The effect of music on perioperative patient anxiety was studied.
METHODS
Forty patients undergoing surgery with spinal anesthesia, were divided into two groups. Group I (n = 20) did not listen to music, and Group II (n = 20) listened to music selected by the patient. At ward, hemodynamic variables including systolic and diastolic blood pressures and pulse rates were measured as control values. Hemodynamic variables and the anxiety scores by the Hamilton anxiety rating scale and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) were prepared for Group I and Group II in the operating room.
RESULTS
No difference was observed between the groups with regard to systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, or pulse rate when patients arrived at the operating room. In Group II, 30 minutes after listening to music, anxiety scores, VAS, systolic blood pressures, and mean arterial pressures were significantly lower than in Group I.
CONCLUSIONS
Music was found to effectively reduce intraoperative anxiety.

Keyword

anxiety score; music; spinal anesthesia; VAS

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, Spinal*
Anesthetics
Anxiety*
Arterial Pressure
Blood Pressure
Heart Rate
Hemodynamics
Humans
Music*
Operating Rooms
Pain, Postoperative
Preanesthetic Medication
Anesthetics