Title:
Effects of Music Therapy on Anxiety, Pain and Vital Signs in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilator Support

Authors:
Fatmana İZAN, Fatma BİRGİLİ, Turkey

Abstract:

Objective: This study was carried out to investigate the effect of therapy through the music enjoyed by the patients with mechanical ventilation support in intensive care unit on their pain, anxiety and vital signs. Material and Methods: The study was conducted with 62 patients with ventilation support in the anesthesia and reanimation intensive care clinic of an education and research hospital. The patients were divided into two groups as the control and the treatment group. During the application, the patients listened to music for 60 minutes. Results: Significant changes were found in the anxiety and pain values of the treatment group patients as a result of the music therapy in the 30th, 60th minutes of the therapy and 30 minutes after the completion of the therapy and significant changes were observed in the systolic and diastolic blood pressure values and respiratory rates measured at different time intervals of the treatment group patients (p<0.05). Moreover, significant changes were found in the systolic blood pressure and respiratory rate in the 60th minute.  Conclusion: Therapy with music enjoyed by patients with mechanicalıy-ventilated has positive effects on anxiety and pain management, blood pressure values, and respiration rate. Music therapy can be selected from patients' favorite music and used for therapeutic clinical applications.