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Trial reportThe British journal of radiology2017

Meditative music listening to reduce state anxiety in patients during the uptake phase before positron emission tomography (PET) scans.

Wen-Li Lee, Huei-Chuan Sung, Shu-Hsin Liu, Shu-Min Chang

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Trial report in The British journal of radiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wen-Li Lee1 Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Technology, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hualien, Taiwan.
Huei-Chuan Sung2 Graduate Institute of Long-term Care, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, and Taiwanese Centre of Evidence-based Health Care, Hualien, Taiwan.
Shu-Hsin Liu3 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Shu-Min Chang4 Department of Nursing, Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, and Taiwanese Centre of Evidence-based Health Care, Hualien, Taiwan.
Tzu Chi University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study examines the effects of listening to meditative music on state anxiety and heart rate variability (HRV) of patients during the uptake phase before positron emission tomography (PET) scans.

methodsA two-group randomized experimental design was used. Eligible patients were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. All patients received baseline assessments of state anxiety using Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) and HRV before receiving an intravenous injection of radiopharmaceutical fluorine-18 fludeoxyglucose in the uptake room. The experimental group (n = 35) listened individually to 30 min of meditative music, integrating Chinese "Chi" and western frequency resonation in the uptake room. The control group (n = 37) lay on bed quietly for 40 min in the uptake room without music. All patients were assessed for their anxiety level and HRV again, before receiving PET scanning as post-test.

resultsThe results indicated that patients in the experimental group showed a significant reduction in state anxiety and heart rate, and increase on high frequency norm of HRV (p < 0.001). There was a statistically significant reduction on anxiety level (p < 0.001), heart rate (p < 0.001) and high frequency norm (p = 0.001) in the experimental group compared with those of the control group.

conclusionListening to meditative music as a non-invasive and cost-effective strategy can help maximize efforts to promote comfort and relaxation for patients awaiting stressful procedures, such as PET scans. Meditative music can be effective in alleviating state anxiety of patients during the uptake phase before PET scans. Advances in knowledge: The study provides scientific evidence of the effects of listening to meditative music for reducing state anxiety in patients during the uptake phase before PET scans. It may have the potential to lower the risk of unwanted false-positive fluorine-18 fludeoxyglucose uptake in normal organs and to further improve image quality and image interpretation. Listening to meditative music is a safe and inexpensive intervention which can be incorporated into routine procedures to reduce anxiety of patients undergoing PET scans.

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AnxietyFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18Heart RateHumansMaleMeditationMiddle AgedMusic TherapyPositron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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PMID27897034
PMCPMC5685102
OpenAlexW2558994828

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