Effect of Music on Postoperative Pain and Physiologic Parameters of Patients after Open Heart Surgery

Effect of Listening to Preferred Music on Intensity of Pain and Physiologic Parameters in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

“…Results of Özer et al, study showed that listening to music increased patients oxygen saturation level significantly. No difference between the groups in the other physiologic parameters was reported by Özer et al [10]. In other study Sendelbach et al, reported that music have not negative effect on physiological parameter of patients after cardiac surgery [25].…”

“…Pain is common patient complaint after surgery and produces several responses such as autonomic, psychological, immunological and behavioral [19]. Surgery on the chest and heart involves several painsensitive structures [10]. If patients postoperative pain not well managed, complications such as pneumonia, myocardial ischemia, cardiac arrhythmias, increase rate of delirium, surgical site wound infection and chronic pain may occur [2,20].…”

“…Pains also delayed patient's functional recovery post-CABG surgery and decrease overall quality of life [21,22]. Although findings from previous studies showed a high prevalence of pain among adults after cardiac surgery [8,10], however pain after cardiac surgery remains poorly documented [3]. Music as a non-pharmacologic therapies method for pain relief after CABG surgery investigated in few studies.…”

“…Nonpharmacologic therapies for pain relief have become increasingly popular among researchers in recent years. At now, several non-pharmacologic therapies have been proposed to relieve post cardiac surgery pain including muscle relaxation, cold gel pack, music therapy, massages therapy, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), electroacupuncture and prayer [10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. In one study in this regards in 2009, Sadeghi et al, examined the effect of foot reflex massage on postoperative pain in patients after CABG.…”

“…Results of Solak et al, study showed that both continuous and intermittent TENS are effective with similar effect in decreasing CABG patients' pain after surgery [14]. In another study with pretest-posttest design in 2012, Özer et [10]. Although, several non-pharmacologic therapies have been proposed to relieve post cardiac surgery pain, however in some field such as music therapy there are few studies.…”