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Tuneful Tonic
Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 1999;281:2175.
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A simple relaxation exercise and/or listening to soothing music significantly reduce patients' pain following major abdominal surgery, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. The results of the study were reported in the May issue of Pain.
The study involved 500 patients who were undergoing gynecological, gastrointestinal, exploratory, or urinary surgery. Patients were assigned to a control group or one of three intervention groups (music, relaxation, or both). Patients in the music/combination groups chose one of five kinds of soothing music (harp, piano, synthesizer, orchestral, or slow jazz); those in the relaxation/combination groups practiced the relaxation technique, a jaw relaxation/breathing exercise.
On the first and second days after surgery, all patients received pain medication by pressing a button connected to an intravenous analgesia pump. Those in the intervention groups also used earphones to listen to music and/or relaxation tapes during walking . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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