Paper
Sunday, November 4, 2007
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Use of Music for Anxiety Reduction in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Individuals
Dianne M. Smolen, PhD, CNE, RNBC, CNS, College of Nursing, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA and Laurie Knippen, MSN, APRN, BC, WOCN, SCCI Hospital, Lima, OH, USA.
| Learning Objective #1: discuss effectiveness of a 3-week music program for state anxiety reduction in inflammatory bowel disease individuals.
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| Learning Objective #2: determine the effects of music on the physiological indicator of heart rate and the psychological indicator of state anxiety using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory. |
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate the effectiveness of a three-week music program for state anxiety reduction in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) individuals and to determine the effects of music on the psychological indicator of anxiety using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Form Y-1 and the physiological indicator of heart rate (HR). Using Neuman systems theory, a sample size of ten IBD individuals completed the STAI pretest and Demographic Data Form and seven IBD individuals completed the STAI posttest and HR/Music Log. A paired t-test analyzed STAI scores (n = 10) on the pretest and STAI score on the posttest (n = 7) as well as the HR per minute before and after each session of music (n = 7). Results suggested that the STAI score decreased during the music sessions but were not statistically significant whereas, the HR decreased significantly during the music sessions. A nursing implication is that music, a nursing intervention, is suggested to decrease anxiety in IBD individuals.