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A new study from Oxford University Hospitals
finds that patients undergoing plastic
surgery procedures may benefit from having music playing in the
operating room.
Researchers from the
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department at the John Radcliffe Hospital in
Oxford measured the respiratory rates of 96 surgical patients before, during
and after their procedures. They were also asked to rate their feelings of
anxiety and worry. All of the participants were awake during surgery using
local anesthetic for procedures like removal of skin lesions and cleansing of
limb wounds. Half of the surgeries took place in rooms with music playing,
while the others did not have music in the background.
The study found that
those who listened to music during their procedure had lower respiratory rates
and reported lower levels of anxiety.
"Undergoing surgery
can be a stressful experience for patients and finding ways of making them more
comfortable should be our goal as clinicians," said the study's lead
author, Hazim Sadideen. "There are also good medical reasons - calmer
patients may cope better with pain and recover quicker. This small scale work
is the first time an attempt has been made to measure the impact music has in
this specific group of patients and hints at the need for bigger multi-center
research to establish whether this should become part of standard
practice."
As for what type of
music has the greatest calming effects, researchers say most of the subjects
listened to classical pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and Bach, according
to The Telegraph.
Others chose to listen to Frank Sinatra music.
This research may help patients have more enjoyable surgical
experiences, as the American
Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) reports that more than
9 million people underwent cosmetic
procedures in 2011, some of which were performed while patients were
awake.
