The effect of complementary music therapy on the patient's postoperative state anxiety, pain control, and environmental noise satisfaction

Comeaux, T.; Comeaux, T.

Medsurg Nursing Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses 22(5): 313-318

2013


ISSN/ISBN: 1092-0811
PMID: 24358573
Document Number: 670986
Postoperative pain is difficult to manage with analgesia alone. Complementary interventions such as music therapy provide a level of distraction, thus promoting comfort. In this study, decreased pain and environmental noise were demonstrated, without diminishing state anxiety, in a group of postoperative patients.

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