Rhythm and orthopedics: The effect of music therapy in cast room procedures, a prospective clinical trial

• Published in: Injury 2018-03, Vol.49 (3), p.593-598
• Main Authors: Tolunay, Tolga, Bicici, Vedat, Tolunay, Hatice, Akkurt, Mehmet Orcun, Arslan, Arslan Kagan, Aydogdu, Ali, Bingol, Izzet
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anxiety; Arrhythmia; Cast room; Music therapy
• ISSN: 0020-1383; 1879-0267
• DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2018.02.008

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. 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. 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