Music. There exists a considerable body of strong research
in the area of the positive effect of music on health
outcomes in Western medicine. For example, as early as
1948 at the University of Chicago hospital, music was used
in surgical suites for patients who went under local, regional,
and spinal anesthesia. The National Endowment for the Arts
has a provocative summary of Arts in Healthcare Research
at its Web site at www.nea.gov/news/news03/AIHResearch.
html Research highlighted there indicates the effectiveness
of music in mitigating nausea and emesis in chemotherapy
patients, decreasing preoperative anxiety in infants, improving
physiologic and behavioral measures of premature
infants in the intensive care unit, and reducing stress of visitors
in hospital waiting rooms.
It has been shown that music ÒadministeredÓ at times of
high stress (e.g., outpatient surgery and recovery) has an
anxiolytic effect resulting in increases in patient comfort and
endorphin levels, lowering of heart rate and anxiety, and reduction of the need for anesthesia.92Ð98 Music also decreased
the use of analgesics and hastened recovery from surgery in
a study of 90 hysterectomy patients.99 The use of music programs
timed to the surgical procedure (e.g., central nerve
block) was associated with a significant reduction in the
amount of perceived pain and decrease in the level of stress
hormones in the blood.100 Studies of neonates also provide
strong evidence for the benefits of music to promote weight
gain and reduce stress, resulting in a shorter length of hospital
stay.101
Music. There exists a considerable body of strong research
in the area of the positive effect of music on health
outcomes in Western medicine. For example, as early as
1948 at the University of Chicago hospital, music was used
in surgical suites for patients who went under local, regional,
and spinal anesthesia. The National Endowment for the Arts
has a provocative summary of Arts in Healthcare Research
at its Web site at www.nea.gov/news/news03/AIHResearch.
html Research highlighted there indicates the effectiveness
of music in mitigating nausea and emesis in chemotherapy
patients, decreasing preoperative anxiety in infants, improving
physiologic and behavioral measures of premature
infants in the intensive care unit, and reducing stress of visitors
in hospital waiting rooms.
It has been shown that music ÒadministeredÓ at times of
high stress (e.g., outpatient surgery and recovery) has an
anxiolytic effect resulting in increases in patient comfort and
endorphin levels, lowering of heart rate and anxiety, and reduction of the need for anesthesia.92Ð98 Music also decreased
the use of analgesics and hastened recovery from surgery in
a study of 90 hysterectomy patients.99 The use of music programs
timed to the surgical procedure (e.g., central nerve
block) was associated with a significant reduction in the
amount of perceived pain and decrease in the level of stress
hormones in the blood.100 Studies of neonates also provide
strong evidence for the benefits of music to promote weight
gain and reduce stress, resulting in a shorter length of hospital
stay.101
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