23rd Annual Pain Medicine Meeting 2024

Association of Music Listening with Post-Procedural Anxiety and Pain Reduction

Introduction

●Procedural anxiety is a significant concern for patients

●Pharmacologic treatments often have poor side effect profiles

●Study Question: Do music interventions reduce post-procedural anxiety and pain for patients undergoing awake chronic pain interventions?

Methods

●Open-label, prospective, randomized controlled trial that included 80 patients, 40 randomly assigned to either intervention or control groups

●Anxiety and pain quantified pre-procedure and 15 minutes post-procedure via validated scales:

●Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety

●Visual Analog Scale for Pain

●Intervention group listened to patient-selected music during the procedure

Results

Pre-procedure pain and anxiety levels were similar between the intervention and control groups.

Listening to music reduces post-procedural pain and anxiety for chronic pain intervention procedures

Reductions in pain and anxiety are significantly correlated

Discussion

●The number of patients afflicted by chronic pain conditions in the United States has continued to grow

●Previous studies in different fields have shown an association between music and anxiety reduction in other procedural settings and that anxiety and pain levels are significantly correlated

●Music effectively reduces post-procedural pain and anxiety levels in patients undergoing awake chronic pain interventions and can serve as a non-pharmacological treatment alternative

Limitations:

●Limited sample size precluded investigations of how procedure type impacted music interventions

●May not be effective in patients with impaired hearing

●Can impair patient-physician communication

23rd Annual Pain Medicine Meeting 2024

ASSOCIATION OF MUSIC LISTENING WITH POST-PROCEDURAL ANXIETY AND PAIN REDUCTION

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