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The Effects of Perioperative Music Interventions in Pediatric Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Music and/or Video Games for Pain Management During Induction of Labor
Music During Paediatric Outpatient Wound Dressing Changes: Impact on Anxiety, Pain and Patient Satisfaction
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Perioperative Music Interventions on Emotional Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Integrating Developmental Psychology and Music Education Perspectives.Paediatric anaesthesia · 2026Pooled it
- Music intervention to relieve anxiety and pain in adults undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Open heart · 2021Pooled it
- Naturopathic Treatment and Complementary Medicine in Surgical Practice.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2018Pooled it
- A systematic review of the quality of conduct and reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in paediatric surgery.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an interactive music tablet intervention to reduce procedural anxiety in children: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Music therapy with adult burn patients in the intensive care unit: short-term analysis of electrophysiological signals during music-assisted relaxation.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- The effect of listening to a mother's voice on emergence delirium in pediatric patients undergoing adenotonsillectomy: a prospective study.Pediatric research · 2026Article
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- Personalized Perioperative Music Listening: A Human-Centered Approach to Precision Anesthesia.Cureus · 2026Review
- The LIRIC Study-Live musIc in Relational Interactions with Children: using live music to transform interactions during wound dressing changes in pediatrics: a grounded-theory study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- The Effect of Reciting the Quran on the Anxiety of Neurosurgery Muslim Candidates.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Effect of music therapy on short-term psychological and physiological outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients: A randomized clinical pilot study.Journal of intensive medicine · 2024Article
- The psychophysiology of music-based interventions and the experience of pain.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Parental Accompaniment in Operating Rooms Reduces Child Anxiety.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Digital Therapeutics (DTx) Expand Multimodal Treatment Options for Chronic Low Back Pain: The Nexus of Precision Medicine, Patient Education, and Public Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Aromatherapy massage seems effective in critically ill children: an observational before-after study.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2022Article
- Use of Musical Intervention in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a Developing Country: A Pilot Pre-Post Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effect of music on pediatric endoscopic examinations: a randomized controlled trial.Endoscopy international open · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveMusic interventions are widely used, but have not yet gained a place in guidelines for pediatric surgery or pediatric anesthesia. In this systematic review and meta-analysis we examined the effects of music interventions on pain, anxiety and distress in children undergoing invasive surgery. DATA SOURCES: We searched 25 electronic databases from their first available date until October 2014. STUDY SELECTION: Included were all randomized controlled trials with a parallel group, crossover or cluster design that included pediatric patients from 1 month to 18 years old undergoing minimally invasive or invasive surgical procedures, and receiving either live music therapy or recorded music. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: 4846 records were retrieved from the searches, 26 full text reports were evaluated and data was extracted by two independent investigators.
main outcome measuresPain was measured with the Visual Analogue Scale, the Coloured Analogue Scale and the Facial Pain Scale. Anxiety and distress were measured with an emotional index scale (not validated), the Spielberger short State Trait Anxiety Inventory and a Facial Affective Scale.
resultsThree RCTs were eligible for inclusion encompassing 196 orthopedic, cardiac and day surgery patients (age of 1 day to 18 years) receiving either live music therapy or recorded music. Overall a statistically significant positive effect was demonstrated on postoperative pain (SMD -1.07; 95%CI-2.08; -0.07) and on anxiety and distress (SMD -0.34 95% CI -0.66; -0.01 and SMD -0.50; 95% CI -0.84; - 0.16. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This systematic review and meta-analysis indicates that music interventions may have a statistically significant effect in reducing post-operative pain, anxiety and distress in children undergoing a surgical procedure. Evidence from this review and other reviews suggests music therapy may be considered for clinical use.
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