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Small study suggests favorite music may ease pain from needle procedures
Researchers studied people having an MRI who needed a needle for contrast medicine.
Patients who listened to music they liked reported less pain on average than those who heard no music.
The study was small and patients were not assigned to groups at random, so the result is not conclusive.
It does not show whether music helps with longer or more painful procedures.
A small study of 204 patients found that listening to personally preferred music was associated with lower reported pain during a needle insertion for an MRI contrast injection.
The patients, aged 17 to 83, were assigned to hear their favourite music, relaxation music, Mozart, or no music while a cannula was inserted.
Mozart was linked to significant pain reduction only among patients who already reported pain before the needle insertion; the relaxation music showed no relevant reduction.
The researchers said the findings are tentative because the groups were small and patients were assigned according to the timing of their MRI appointments rather than randomly.
The study examined a brief, usually mild pain and does not show whether music helps with longer or more painful procedures.
- Who
- Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and 204 MRI patients aged 17 to 83
- What
- A study of whether different types of music affect pain reported during a needle insertion
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
- Why
- To examine whether listening to music can reduce pain during venipuncture
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Ich würde Patienten das Musikhören empfehlen, insbesondere solchen, die Musik generell mögen
Angesichts unserer Ergebnisse werden wir den Einsatz von Musik bei Venenpunktionen im Rahmen radiologischer Untersuchungen verstärken, insbesondere bei ängstlichen oder klaustrophobischen Patienten.
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- Participants
- 204 patients aged 17 to 83
- Study groups
- No music, favourite music, relaxation music, or Mozart
- Pain reported before insertion
- 71 participants
- Mozart selection
- Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448, performed by Alfred Brendel and Walter Klien
- Study publication
- Frontiers in Pain Research
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