Surgery with music is a topic that I’ve spent that last 25 years writing and speaking about. It is such an easy yet powerful intervention for the patient who is filled with anxiety and dread Now this wonderful meta-analysis has been published in the “Lancet,” a prestigious and highly respected British medical journal. I would […]
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The most common fears about surgery and anesthesia
By Dr. Alice Cash on December 24, 2008 in Music and Surgery, Music Healing, Music Medicine, out-patient surgery with music
Fears about Surgery and Anesthesia Anxiety before elective surgery is common. Therefore, many studies have examined interventions to reduce preoperative anxiety, including pharmacologic anxiolysis, information, distraction, and relaxation procedures. This study compared different methods to measure preoperative anxiety. The aims of the study were threefold. First, to examine the validity and utility of the self-reporting […]