Korean Journal of Adult Nursing (성인간호학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 4
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- Pages.654-665
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- 2000
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- 1225-4886(pISSN)
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- 2288-338X(eISSN)
The Effects of Music Therapy on the Preoperative Anxiety of Surgical Patients
음악요법이 수술환자의 수술전 불안에 미치는 효과
- Park, Sung Hee (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University) ;
- Park, Kyung Sook (Department of Nursing, Chung-Ang University)
- Published : 2000.12.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the effects of music therapy on the preoperative anxiety of surgerial patients. The research design was a nonequivalent control, group non-synch-ronized design. The data were collected during the period from January 4 to March 17, 1999 at C-University hospital in Seoul. The subjects were sixty patients who had surgery under general anesthesia and had undergone laparotomy. They were assigned to two groups, thirty to the experimental group and thirty to the control group. They also did not have any complication, were alert enough to be interviewed and agreed willingly to participate in this study. The tool of Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to measure trait-anxiety on all patients and the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) was used to measure state-anxiety on all patients. And systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate, and blood sugar levels were collected a the day before surgery and the preoperative period. The experimental group received music therapy with self-selected music tapes after choosing from a Music Preference Questionnaire, while the control group didn't receive music therapy. Data were analyzed by