Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2006 Jun;9(1):64-71.

The Effects of Music Therapy on State Anxiety and Vital Sign

• Lee JH
• Kim EM
• Jung HT
• Hwang ON

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study has tried to find out the effects of music therapy on anxiety of surgery patients during operation under regional anesthesia. In order to find out the effects, this research design was used nonequivalent control group non-synchronized design. METHOD: The subjects were the sixty inpatients under regional anesthesia in K hospital. They were assigned to two groups, thirty to the experimental group and thirty to control group. The data were collected using the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) for State Anxiety and vital sign. The Experimental group received favorite music of the 4 different genre. The control group were inserted ear plug during operation. Data were analyzed by chi-square-test, T-test, ANOVA and Repeated Measured ANOVA of the SPSS WIN (12.0) version program.
RESULTS
1) Hypothesis 1: The hypothesis "that the figure for state anxiety of the experimental group provided with music therapy would be lower than that of the control group" was confirmed(F=0.27, P=0.01). 2) Hypothesis 2 : Three subordinating hypotheses were established in order to verify the hypothesis "that the figures for vital sings of the experimental group provided with such as music therapy would be lower than those of the control group." were rejected.
CONCLUSION
Music therapy can be regarded as an effective nursing intervention that relieves operative anxiety of surgical patients under regional anesthesia.

Keyword

Anxiety; Music therapy; Regional anesthesia

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia, Conduction
Anxiety*
Ear
Humans
Inpatients
Music Therapy*
Music*
Nursing
Research Design
Vital Signs*