The Effect of Preferred Music on Anxiety and Comfort Levels in Thyroidectomy Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
The Effect of Preferred Music on Anxiety and Comfort Levels in Thyroidectomy Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
This study was conducted to investigate the effect preoperative music interventions on anxiety and postoperative comfort level in patients.
Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of preoperative music interventions on anxiety and postoperative comfort levels in patients.
Design: A randomized controlled quasi-experimental design was used. Methods: This study was conducted in the general surgery clinic of a university hospital in Diyarbakır, Turkey. A total of 100 patients (47 in the intervention and 53 in the control group) participated in the study by randomization. Personal Information Form, hemodynamic parameters, and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used for data collection. The State part of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory was re-administered to the intervention group after the music intervention. In the postoperative period, hemodynamic parameters of all patients in both groups were monitoredş and the Perianesthesia Comfort Questionnaire was administered. SPSS 25.0 software was used for data analysis.
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