Trial reportClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2011
Music in the cath lab: who should select it?
Trial report in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Hypnosis for the Prevention of Anxiety During Coronary Angiography (HYPCOR study): a prospective randomized study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Trial
- Effects of music intervention during caesarean delivery on anxiety and stress of the mother a controlled, randomised study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Trial
- Effects of Music Intervention on Pain, Mood, Sleep, and Heart Rate Variability in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Education and Music Intervention to Reduce Anxiety (EMIRA) in cardiac catheterization: intervention development.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Music to relieve pain and anxiety in cardiac catheterization: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Characteristics of music intervention to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: scoping review.Heliyon · 2022Article
- [Music, pulse, heart and sport].Herz · 2018Review
- Music preferences of mechanically ventilated patients participating in a randomized controlled trial.Music and medicine · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe ALMUT study wants to evaluate the anxiolytic effects of different music styles and no music in 200 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and to assess if there is a difference if patients select one of these therapies or are randomized to one of them.
backgroundThe anxiolytic and analgesic effects of music have been described in previous trials. Some authors have suggested to evaluate whether patient-selected music is more effective than the music selected by the physician in reducing anxiety and stress levels. METHODS AND
resultsAfter randomization 100 patients (group A) were allowed to choose between classical music, relaxing modern music, smooth jazz, and no music. One hundred patients (group B) were randomized directly to one of these therapies (n = 25 each). Complete data were available for 197 patients (65 ± 10 years; 134 male). Using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) all patients in group B who listened to music showed a significantly higher decrease of their anxiety level (STAI-State difference pre-post of 16.8 ± 10.2) compared to group A (13.3 ± 11.1; p = 0.0176). Patients without music (6.2 ± 6.7) had a significantly weaker reduction of anxiety compared to all music-listeners (14.9 ± 10.7, p < 0.0001).
conclusionsThe positive effects of music in the cath lab support previous reports. Surprisingly, the hypothesis that the patient's choice of preferred music might yield higher benefits than a randomized assignment could be dismissed.
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