Effectiveness of Music Therapy and Visual Imagery Techniques on Preoperative Anxiety among Children Undergoing Surgeries in Selected Hospitals of RajasthanPilot Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i6.9855Keywords:
Music therapy, visual imagery technique, conventional interventions, preoperative anxiety and children undergoing surgeries.Abstract
Introduction: Increasing attention is nowadays being paid to a variety of non-pharmacological interventions
for decreasing preoperative anxiety such as music therapy, music medicine interventions, and visual imagery
technique and so on. Method: 3 arm RCT was conducted to assess the effectiveness of music therapy and
visual imagery techniques on preoperative anxiety with total 36 children aged between 4 to 12 years. Group
A received Music therapy and group B received Visual imagery technique for 15 to 30 minutes duration
minimum 3 times a day. Group C (control group) received conventional intervention. Result: The mean and
SD score of pre and post-test in experimental group A, B and C was 7 ±3.43 & 1.67 ±2.06, 15.33 ±4.86 &
8.83 ±4.78, and 19.67 ±14.88 & 19.08 ±12.12 respectively. The effect size of group A was 1.88 & Group
B was 1.34. Conclusion: If music therapy or visual imagery technique given especially just before giving
anesthesia, the child will experience very less anxiety.
