Rwanda J Med Health Sci. 2023 Nov 30;6(3):290-302. doi: 10.4314/rjmhs.v6i3.3. eCollection 2023 Nov.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Poorly controlled postoperative pain remains a significant challenge. Music is a safe, inexpensive, non-invasive intervention that can be used in managing pain in surgical patients.
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate effectiveness of music intervention as an adjuvant therapy in attenuating postoperative pain among patients with tibia/fibula fractures.
METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional pre-test, post-test intervention study design was utilized to conduct a study involving 20 tibia-fibula patients, divided equally into intervention and control groups. Self-selected music was administered for 20 minutes to the intervention group once on day-3 after surgery. Data was collected using a demographic questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 29.0. Descriptive statistics analyzed continuous and categorical data. T-test compared means of physiologic parameters and pain levels in pre-and post-intervention. ANCOVA established the relationship between music and post-intervention pain levels.
FINDINGS: Use of music alongside conventional therapy significantly reduced pain in the intervention group than in the control group (P = 0.014). Music had no statistically significant impact on the physiological parameters.
CONCLUSION: Music therapy is effective as an adjuvant therapy for pain management and can therefore reduce the use of analgesics among surgical patients.
PMID:40568645 | PMC:PMC12110506 | DOI:10.4314/rjmhs.v6i3.3
