The Effects of Music Therapy on State Anxiety and Vital Sign

Purpose: This study has tried to find out the effects of music therapy on anxiety of surgery patients during operation under regional anesthesia. In order to find out the effects, this research design was used nonequivalent control non-synchronized design. Method: The subjects were the sixty inpatients under regional anesthesia in K hospital. They were assigned to two groups, thirty to the experimental and thirty to control The data were collected using the Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) for State Anxiety and vital sign. The Experimental received favorite music of the 4 different genre. The control were inserted ear plug during operation. Data were analyzed by -test, T-test, ANOVA and Repeated Measured ANOVA of the SPSS WIN (12.0) version program. Results: 1) Hypothesis 1: The hypothesis the figure for state anxiety of the experimental provided with music therapy would be lower than that of the control group was confirmed(F=0.27, P=0.01). 2) Hypothesis 2 : Three subordinating hypotheses were established in order to verify the hypothesis the figures for vital sings of the experimental provided with such as music therapy would be lower than those of the control group. were rejected. Conclusion: Music therapy can be regarded as an effective nursing intervention that relieves operative anxiety of surgical patients under regional anesthesia.