Effects of Music Therapy on Pain, Anxiety and Length of Stay of Patients with Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in the Postanesthesia Care Unit

, Son, Youn Jung; , Park, Young Suk; , Kim, Hye Un; , Choi, Ju Yeon; , Lee, Kyung Mi; , Yi, Young Hee

doi:2015.17.1.28

J Korean Biol Nurs Sci > Volume 17(1); 2015 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science 2015;17(1):28-36.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7586/jkbns.2015.17.1.28 Published online February 28, 2015.

Effects of Music Therapy on Pain, Anxiety and Length of Stay of Patients with Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in the Postanesthesia Care Unit

Son, Youn Jung , Park, Young Suk , Kim, Hye Un , Choi, Ju Yeon , Lee, Kyung Mi , Yi, Young Hee

¹Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
²Soonchunhyang University Hospital at Cheonan, Cheonan, Korea.
³Department of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.
⁴Department of Clinical Nursing Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. iyyh@skku.edu

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study examined the effects of music therapy on pain, anxiety and length of stay of patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU).
METHODS
Sixty patients who received laparoscopic hysterectomy under general anesthesia from a PACU in a university hospital located in Cheonan city participated in this study. The experimental group (n=30) was offered the option to listen to their preferred music by using MP3 players and headphones for 30 minutes. The control group (n=30) received routine postoperative nursing care. Visual analogue scale was used to measure participants' pain and anxiety, length of stay in the PACU was examined by using their medical records. Data were collected from December 2013 to February 2014 and analyzed by descriptive statistics, chi2-test, Fisher's exact test, and independent t-test using SPSS version 21.0.
RESULTS
The result showed that the level of post-operative pain (t=2.44, p=.018), anxiety (t=2.37, p=.021), and the length of stay in PACU (t=3.06, p=.004) significantly decreased in the experimental group as compared to the control group.
CONCLUSION
This study indicated that music therapy with the patients' preferred music showed positive effects. Therefore, it can be used as a therapeutic intervention for postoperative pain management of patients with laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Key Words: Music therapy, Pain, Anxiety, Length of stay, Hysterectomy