dopetalk does not endorse any advertised product nor does it accept any liability for it's use or misuse

This website has run out of funding so feel free to contribute if you can afford it (see footer)

Author Topic: Music may offer alternative to preoperative drug routinely used to calm nerves  (Read 3630 times)

Offline Chip (OP)

  • Server Admin
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Join Date: Dec 2014
  • Location: Australia
  • Posts: 6648
  • Reputation Power: 0
  • Chip has hidden their reputation power
  • Gender: Male
  • Last Login:Yesterday at 05:53:23 PM
  • Deeply Confused Learner
  • Profession: IT Engineer
source: https://neurosciencenews.com/music-preoperative-stress-14524/

Ahh, the joys of music never cease ...

Music may offer alternative to preoperative drug routinely used to calm nerves

JULY 19, 2019

Study shows listening to calming music before surgery has similar effects as midazolam in reducing anxiety before regional anesthesia is given.

Music may offer an alternative to the use of a drug routinely used to calm the nerves before the use of regional anesthesia (peripheral nerve block), suggest the results of a clinical trial, published online in the journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

It seems to have similar effects as the sedative midazolamWiki in reducing anxiety before a peripheral nerve block-a type of anesthetic procedure done under ultrasound guidance and designed to numb a specific region of the body.

Preoperative anxiety is common, and it can raise levels of stress hormones in the body, which in turn can affect recovery after surgery.

It is usually treated with benzodiazepines, such as midazolam. But these drugs have side effects, including affecting breathing, disturbing blood flow, and paradoxically increasing levels of agitation and hostility. Use of these drugs also requires continuous monitoring by a skilled clinician.

Music medicine has been used to lower preoperative anxiety before, but it has not been directly compared with intravenous midazolam.

The researchers wanted to find out if it might offer a suitable alternative to midazolam to calm the nerves before carrying out a peripheral (regional) nerve block.

They randomly assigned 157 adults to receive either 1-2 mg of midazolam (80), injected 3 minutes before the use of a peripheral nerve block, or to listen to Marconi Union’s Weightless series of music via noise-canceling headphones (77) for the same period.

This track below is considered to be one of the world’s most relaxing songs:  Marconi Union – Weightless



Levels of anxiety were scored using a validated measure (State Trait Anxiety Inventory-6, or STAI-6 for short) before and after the use of each anxiety calming method. Satisfaction among patients and doctors were scored on a 10-point scale, with 0 reflecting the lowest level of satisfaction.

Changes in the levels of preoperative anxiety were similar in both groups, although patients in the music group were less satisfied than those given midazolam, possibly because patients were not allowed to choose the music they listened to, suggest the researchers.



Music medicine has been used to lower preoperative anxiety before, but it has not been directly compared with intravenous midazolam. The image is in the public domain.

But there was no difference in satisfaction levels among doctors.

Both patients and doctors thought it was harder to communicate when music was used to calm nerves, possibly because of the use of noise-canceling headphones, and not standardizing the volume of the music, suggest the researchers.

They accept that a comparison lasting just 3 minutes may have been too short, but this period was chosen because that is how long it takes for midazolam to reach peak effectiveness. And they acknowledge that the measure used to assess satisfaction wasn’t a validated scale.

Nevertheless, their findings prompt them to conclude that music may be offered as an alternative to midazolam before carrying out a regional nerve block.

“However,” they caution, “further studies are warranted to evaluate whether or not the type of music, as well as how it is delivered, offers advantages over midazolam that outweigh the increase in communication barriers.”

friendly
0
funny
0
informative
0
agree
0
disagree
0
like
0
dislike
0
No reactions
No reactions
No reactions
No reactions
No reactions
No reactions
No reactions
Our Discord Server invitation link is https://discord.gg/jB2qmRrxyD

Tags:
 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
1 Replies
8052 Views
Last post July 12, 2015, 12:13:39 PM
by Narkotikon
0 Replies
5483 Views
Last post August 11, 2015, 04:51:28 PM
by Chip
6 Replies
8827 Views
Last post November 08, 2015, 10:37:59 AM
by clinton
4 Replies
971 Views
Last post January 15, 2016, 12:19:21 PM
by dizzle
2 Replies
5701 Views
Last post October 28, 2016, 02:28:27 PM
by Z
3 Replies
2813 Views
Last post January 16, 2018, 08:59:49 AM
by Chip
0 Replies
4887 Views
Last post May 02, 2018, 07:44:57 AM
by Chip
7 Replies
11544 Views
Last post September 14, 2019, 04:17:10 AM
by Chip
1 Replies
4975 Views
Last post March 06, 2019, 10:07:15 AM
by Chip
0 Replies
1626 Views
Last post October 03, 2023, 01:23:01 PM
by Chip


dopetalk does not endorse any advertised product nor does it accept any liability for it's use or misuse





TERMS AND CONDITIONS

In no event will d&u or any person involved in creating, producing, or distributing site information be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use d&u. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless d&u, its domain founders, sponsors, maintainers, server administrators, volunteers and contributors from and against all liability, claims, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, that arise directly or indirectly from the use of any part of the d&u site.


TO USE THIS WEBSITE YOU MUST AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ABOVE


Founded December 2014
SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal