Not only will music soothe the savage breast, it can also provide sedative qualities, both for surgery patients and for those with chronic pain.
Patients undergoing surgery were provided with one of three different sound environments during the operation: telephones playing their favorite music, headphones playing white noise, or no headphones and exposure to the various operating room noises. The patients hearing music, according to the study reported in the medical journal "Anesthesia & Analgesia, required significantly less sedation during their operations than did the patients in the other two groups.
Patients experiencing chronic pain for over six years (from osteoarthritis, disc problems and rheumatoid arthritis) were divided into two groups in a study reported in the "Journal of Advanced Nursing." One listened to music for one hour per day on headsets. The other did not listen to music at all. The results indicated that music brought about a 21 percent reduction in depression linked to pain. According to the researchers, the patients felt that music therapy made the pain less disabling, and gave them an increased sense of power over their condition.
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Hi, thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. I enjoyed reading this entry about music.
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