Effects of listening to music on pain intensity and pain distress after surgery: An intervention

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 708-717

  Vaajoki, Anne ^a   Pietilä, Anna Maija ^a   Kankkunen, Päivi ^a   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal surgery; CAM; Intervention; Music; Nursing; Postoperative pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857033176     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03829.x     Document Type: Article

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