American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC THERAPY IN REDUCING PRE OPERATIVE ANXIETY AMONG CLIENTS UNDERGOING ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

Baby Elizebeth* and Shambhavi S

babyelizebeth@gmail.com

Effectiveness; music therapy; pre operative surgical anxiety; orthopaedic clients.

Surgery has become an integral part of global health care, with an estimated 234 million operations performed yearly. Anxiety is a human reaction to any unknown situation. Surgical anxiety is a psychological issue. It can cause discomfort both mentally and physically. This, in turn, may increase postoperative pain, prolong postoperative recovery, and increase the potential for complications. Patient anxiety will be highest before surgery, decreased immediately after surgery, and increased again postoperatively. This study was undertaken to find out the effectiveness of music therapy in reducing preoperative anxiety among clients undergoing orthopaedic surgery. The study sample consisted of 30 clients with in the age group of 20-65 years and who were posted for Non-emergency orthopaedic surgery such as open reduction, closed reduction, internal fixation, bone graft, joint replacement, and amputation. Music therapy (recorded piano music in the mobile through the head phone) was administered for30 minutes to the subjects. The mean score of anxiety in pre test (61.2) was more than the post-test means scores. The calculated t values for the both tests, that is, pre test and post test 1, and pre test and post test 2 (11.97,18.30) were higher than the table value(t29=2.05, p<0.05). The calculated t value between the experimental and control group were 10.34 and 22.4 .The calculated paired t value between the pre-test and post-test scores among experimental group are 11.97 and 18.3 were higher than the table value (t29=2.05, p<0.05) The findings of the study proved that the music therapy is an effective measure to reduce the preoperative anxiety among clients undergoing orthopaedic surgery.