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Using Massage and Music Therapy to Improve Postoperative Outcomes
Author(s) -
McRee Laura D.,
Noble Stacie,
Pasvogel Alice
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60754-0
Subject(s) - massage , music therapy , medicine , anxiety , physical therapy , anesthesia , alternative medicine , psychiatry , pathology
• AN EXPERIMENTAL PILOT STUDY was conducted to investigate the effects of preoperative massage and music therapy on patients' preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative experiences. • PARTICIPANTS were assigned randomly to one of four groups—a group that received massage with music therapy, a group that received massage only, a group that received music therapy only, or a control group. • HEMODYNAMICS, serum cortisol and prolactin levels, and anxiety were measured preoperatively and postoperatively. • POSTOPERATIVE ANXIETY LEVELS were significantly lower and postoperative prolactin levels were significantly higher for all groups. • AORN J 78 (Sept 2003) 433–447.