The goal of the study was to determine whether music was an effective way to distract patients from their pain after surgery. The study found that pain was decreased in the forty-eight hour period after surgery due to the use of music. Music for surgery. This author talks about patients anxiety in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative period. He reports that familiar music evokes too many memories and associations.
Results indicate that audiotapes and postoperative tapes are helpful.
There is evidence that tone, volume, and pitch elicit responses in listeners. This article analyzes and applies music therapy to all fields of medicine. The article presents results from studies about the use of music in dental procedures with patients. The benefits of listening to music before, during, and after surgery are also explored. Biomedical Foundations of Music as Therapy .