A music intervention to reduce anxiety before vascular angiography procedures.

Full Abstract

Patients scheduled for vascular angiography are often anxious and frightened. High levels of anxiety may result in more difficult and painful procedures. Past research has reported mixed results for anxiety reduction techniques in other procedures settings, such as education, cognitive-behavioral skills, coping and relaxation skills, combinations of techniques, and music. Music as an intervention for pre-procedural anxiety prior to vascular angiography has not been studied. A randomized controlled trial of 170 patients was undertaken to determine whether 15 minutes of self-selected music reduced pre-procedure anxiety. The State Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to measure patients' anxiety. One-hundred sixty-six men and 4 women comprised the sample with an average age of 66.8 years (SD 9.95, range 37 to 85 years). Patients who listened to music (n=89) reduced their anxiety score from 38.57 (SD 10.46) to 35.2 (SD 9.7), while those who did not listen to music (n=81) reduced their anxiety score from 36.23 (SD 10.54) to 35.1 (SD 10.59); the difference between the groups was statistically significant (t=1.95, df 161, p=0.05). Pulse achieved a statistically significant reduction in the music group (t=2.45, df 167, p=0.02). Music is a noninvasive nursing intervention that patients enjoy and reduces their anxiety and their pulse rate. Further research should address using music to reduce anxiety in other interventional vascular angiography settings with equal numbers of men and women and comparing self-selected versus investigator-selected music.

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Author information

Author/s: Buffum, Martha D (MD); Sasso, Colleen (C); Sands, Laura P (LP); Lanier, Elaine (E); Yellen, Michele (M); Hayes, Ann (A);

Affiliation: VA Medical Center and University of California, School of Nursing, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. Martha.Buffum(-atsign-)med.va.gov

Journal and publication information

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

Journal: Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing (J Vasc Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Sep; vol 24 (issue 3) : pp 68-73; quiz 74

Dates: Created 2006/09/05; Completed 2006/10/27; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16952777, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angiography - adverse effects; nursing; psychology
Anxiety - etiology; physiopathology; prevention & control
Blood Pressure
Female

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