The therapeutic effects of music in children following cardiac surgery.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVE:
To investigate, both objectively and subjectively, the effect of music on children in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit following heart surgery, in conjunction with standard care.

METHODS:
Randomized clinical trial with placebo, assessing 84 children, aged 1 day to 16 years, during the first 24 hours of the postoperative period, given a 30 minute music therapy session with classical music and observed at the start and end of the session, recording heart rate, blood pressure, mean blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature and oxygen saturation, plus a facial pain score. Statistical significance was set at 5%.

RESULTS:
Five of the initial 84 patients (5.9%) refused to participate. The most common type of heart disease was acyanotic congenital with left-right shunt (41% of cases:
44.4% of controls). Statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups after the intervention in the subjective facial pain scale and the objective parameters heart rate and respiratory rate (p < 0.001, p = 0.04 and p = 0.02, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS:
A beneficial effect from music was observed with children during the postoperative period of heart surgery, by means of certain vital signs (heart rate and respiratory rate) and in reduced pain (facial pain scale). Nevertheless, there are gaps to be filled in this area, and studies in greater depth are needed.

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Author information

Author/s: Hatem, Thamine P (TP); Lira, Pedro I C (PI); Mattos, Sandra S (SS);

Affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE. Unidade de Cardiologia e Medicina Fetal (UCMF), PE, Brasil. thamine(-atsign-)gmail.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Jornal de pediatria (J Pediatr (Rio J)), published in Brazil. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 May-Jun; vol 82 (issue 3) : pp 186-92

Dates: Created 2006/06/14; Completed 2006/10/24; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16680285, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentIn: J Pediatr (Rio J). 2006 May-Jun;82(3):166-8. (PMID: 16773172)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Blood Pressure - physiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Heart Diseases - physiopathology; surgery
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Infant

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