The Efficacy of a Brief Nature Sound Intervention on Muscle Tension, Pulse Rate, and Self-Reported Stress

Largo-Wight, Erin; O’Hara, Brian K.; Chen, W. William

doi:10.1177/1937586715619741

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“…It works even with indoor exposure to nature photographs, potted plants or window views, but is more clearly effective in the outdoors. The same benefits are reported by both staff and patients, which is confirmed by objective measures of tension (including BP, heart rate, and electromyography), 11 and the benefits are almost immediate. Only in the Intensive Care Unit is no benefit seen, 9 which is hardly surprising.…”

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Using patient complaints as a discovery tool

Drewe¹

2017

The JHD

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Section: Environment "Why Don't You Have a Big Fish-tank Like The Prasupporting

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Using patient complaints as a discovery tool

Drewe¹

2017

The JHD

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“…Furthermore, since waiting spaces were perceived by many not to be engaging, playing calming music or nature sounds in waiting rooms may be a quick and easy intervention to benefit patients, even while other types of additions are being developed to enhance the space. This kind of audio is well-demonstrated to decrease anxiety in waiting patients [4,11].…”

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Waiting Room Education in a Community Health System: Provider Perceptions and Suggestions

2016

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The increasing burden of chronic diseases in the United States presents a major challenge to the nation's primary care systems, so improving the efficacy and efficiency of patient education is an important goal. Understanding the current perspectives, practices, and needs of primary care providers should guide innovation towards this end. As a part of the authors' ongoing quality improvement work, a short internet survey was an effective method of enhancing this understanding in one health care system. With a response rate of 24.6 %, the survey revealed that primary care waiting rooms in the health system studied are not conceived of or used by providers as spaces to engage patients in health education. To change this, providers suggested using both printed and technological methods for delivering health information, primarily related to medications, diabetes, and healthy lifestyle practices. Common barriers to improvement cited by providers included diverse language and literacy backgrounds in the patient population, as well as difficulty sustaining change due to infrastructural and administrative barriers. These results suggest steps for development, implementation, and investigation of new educational interventions for patients in the local primary care context.

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“…Other studies have reported that listening to nature sounds during the intra‐operative period resulted in lower heart rate and blood pressure (Tsuchiya et al , ; Arai et al , ). Nature sounds have also been found to decrease pulse rate, muscle tension, and stress in healthy volunteers (Largo‐Wight et al , ). Studies have found evidence to indicate that nature sounds reduce anxiety in patients undergoing sigmoidoscopy or mechanical ventilation and those being weaned from mechanical ventilation (Lembo et al , ; Saadatmand et al , ; Aghaie et al , ).…”

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Comparison of the effectiveness of two different interventions to reduce preoperative anxiety: A randomized controlled study

Ertuğ

Ulusoylu²,

Bal³

et al. 2017

Nursing & Health Sciences

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This study was conducted to determine and compare the effectiveness of nature sounds and relaxation exercises for reducing preoperative anxiety. A repeated measures randomized controlled trial design was used. We divided 159 preoperative patients into three groups: nature sounds (n = 53), relaxation exercises (n = 53), and control groups (n = 53). We evaluated anxiety using the visual analog scale and state anxiety inventory scores immediately before, immediately after, and 30 min after interventions in nature sounds and relaxation exercises groups, and silent rest in the control. We found no differences between the measurement values in the intervention groups, but we did observe a difference between the intervention and control groups. The two interventions were similarly effective in reducing preoperative anxiety. These simple and low-cost interventions can be used to reduce preoperative anxiety in surgical clinics.

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The Efficacy of a Brief Nature Sound Intervention on Muscle Tension, Pulse Rate, and Self-Reported Stress

Abstract: This study highlights the potential benefit of even very brief (less than 7 min) exposure to nature sounds. Brief nature sound "booster breaks" are a promising area for future research with important practical implications.

Cited by 47 publications

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Using patient complaints as a discovery tool

Using patient complaints as a discovery tool

Waiting Room Education in a Community Health System: Provider Perceptions and Suggestions

Comparison of the effectiveness of two different interventions to reduce preoperative anxiety: A randomized controlled study

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