{"id":4260,"date":"2015-08-14T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T16:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2015-08-17T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T16:41:24","slug":"listening-to-music-could-help-post-operative-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/listening-to-music-could-help-post-operative-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to music could help post-operative care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\" alt=\"SMCC-english2\" width=\"255\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A meta-analysis has found that listening to music reduces postoperative pain, anxiety and reduces the use of painkillers, however the researchers found no effect upon the length of a patient\u2019s stay. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers reviewed 73 randomized controlled trials of adult patients undergoing surgical procedures where music was initiated before, during or after surgery and was compared with no music, white noise, or undisturbed bed rest. The study found no difference in the type of music that the participants listened to. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers believe music could be offered as a way to help patients reduce pain and anxiety during postoperative recovery. They believe the timing and delivery of music can be adapted to the individual patient, physician team, and clinical settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(15)60169-6\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in\u00a0<em>The Lancet\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>August 12<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0author<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elizabeth Ball, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A meta-analysis has found that listening to music reduces postoperative pain, anxiety and reduces the use of painkillers, however the researchers found no effect upon the length of a patient\u2019s stay. Researchers reviewed 73 randomized controlled trials of adult patients undergoing surgical procedures where music was initiated before, during or after surgery and was compared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[51,1647,2445,2446],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paper-of-interest","tag-health","tag-human-behaviour","tag-pain-management","tag-surgery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4DqbN-16I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4261,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}