Effect of Music on Anxiety of Women Awaiting Breast Biopsy

The authors investigated the effect of music on the state anxiety of a sample of 20 patients awaiting breast biopsy at a suburban medical facility. The patients were assigned alternately to either the control or experimental group. The individuals in the experimental group were given a 20-minute mus...

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Published in:Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2001, Vol.27 (3), p.127-132
Main Authors: Haun, Michael, Mainous, Rosalie O., Looney, Stephen W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anatomy
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Arousal
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Biopsy - psychology
Breast - pathology
breast biopsy
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Breasts
Control Groups
Experimental Groups
Female
Females
Humans
Likert Scales
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Music
Music Therapy
parameters
Patients
physiological reactions
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quasiexperimental Design
Reduction
Relaxation. Biofeedback. Hypnosis. Selfregulation. Meditation
Research Design
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland
Treatments
Women
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Summary:The authors investigated the effect of music on the state anxiety of a sample of 20 patients awaiting breast biopsy at a suburban medical facility. The patients were assigned alternately to either the control or experimental group. The individuals in the experimental group were given a 20-minute music-based intervention in a preoperative holding area, whereas the patients in the control group received the customary preoperative care. Clinicians measured blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration in both groups of patients, and the participants completed the State portion of the self-administered State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). After the patients completed the 20 minutes of music or of preoperative care without music, clinicians again measured the participants' vital signs and the patients completed the STAI. The authors' findings indicated that the posttest state anxiety and respiratory rates of the patients in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the patients in the control group.
ISSN:0896-4289
1940-4026
DOI:10.1080/08964280109595779