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SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages 282-288Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000154773.11986.39
Keywords
allied health; anxiety; complementary therapy; music; pain; relaxation; stress
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- NCCIH NIH HHS [R25 AT00538] Funding Source: Medline
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Music is widely used to enhance well-being, reduce stress, and distract patients from unpleasant symptoms. Although there are wide variations in individual preferences, music appears to exert direct physiologic effects through the autonomic nervous system. It also has indirect effects by modifying caregiver behavior. Music effectively reduces anxiety and improves mood for medical and surgical patients, for patients in intensive care units and patients undergoing procedures, and for children as well as adults. Music is a low-cost intervention that often reduces surgical, procedural, acute, and chronic pain. Music also improves the quality of life for patients receiving palliative care, enhancing a sense of comfort and relaxation. Providing music to caregivers may be a cost-effective and enjoyable strategy to improve empathy, compassion, and relationship-centered care while not increasing errors or interfering with technical aspects of care.
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