ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Jiraporn Chontichachalalauk, Porntip Malathum, Somchit Hanucharurnkul, Charn Kredboonsri.

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: The Effect of Music Therapy on Anxiety, Physiological Responses, and Weaning Parameters in Patients during Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Ramathibodi Nursing Journal, Vol. 14, No. 3, September-December, 2008, page 346.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Weaning from mechanical ventilation may increase anxiety in patients, which, in turn, may induce physiological responses. From a literature review, music therapy has shown to decrease anxiety and increase relaxation in various populations. However, these effects have not been examined in patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of music therapy on anxiety, physiological reaponses, and weaning parameters in patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation. The sample consisted of 20 patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation at three intensive care units of a university hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Purposive sampling was used to recruit the sample. A crossover experimental design was used to compare the mean changes in anxiety, physiological responses, and weaning parameters between the subjects in an intervention period-a period when the patients received 30 minutes of music-and in a control period without music. The sequence of these periods for each subject was randomly assigned by drawing lots. For both periods, the anxiety level was assessed, and physiological responses (heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure) and weaning parameters (oxygen saturation, tidal volume, and rapid shallow breathing index) were measured. The tests showed that the anxiety level, respiratory rate, and mean arterial pressure during the music therapy period were decreased more than during the control period over time, while there was no significant difference as regards other physiological responses and the weaning parameters. In conclusion, this study showed that music therapy can help in the process of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation because it reduces anxiety level and some physiologic responses. These outcomes indicate that music therpay can promote relaxation responses in patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation, which in turn, may help the patients to conserve their energy and to promote their recovery.

Keywords: music therapy, anxiety, physiological responses, weaning parameters, weaning from mechanical ventilation

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2008

Address: Department of Nursing, Faculty of medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

Code: 201000084

ISSN/ISBN: 0857-8052

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: Abstract

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