title: The effects of music therapy on pain in patients with neuropathic pain.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of relaxing music on pain intensity in patients with neuropathic pain. A quasi-experimental study, repeated measures design was used. Thirty patients, aged 18-70 years, with neuropathic pain and hospitalized in an Algology clinic were identified as a convenience sample. Participants received 60 minutes of music therapy. Classical Turkish music was played to patients using a media player (MP3) and headphones. Participants had pain scores taken immediately before the intervention and at the 30th and 60th minutes of the intervention. Data were collected over a 6-month period in 2012. The patients' mean pain intensity scores were reduced by music, and that decrease was progressive over the 30th and 60th minutes of the intervention, indicating a cumulative dose effect. The results of this study implied that the inclusion of music therapy in the routine care of patients with neuropathic pain could provide nurses with an effective practice for reducing patients' pain intensity.
authors: İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Çiğli-İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: akinesra80@hotmail.com.
authors: Esra Akın
authors: EA
authors: Korhan
authors: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
authors: Meltem
authors: M
authors: Uyar
authors: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
authors: Can
authors: C
authors: Eyigör
authors: Şifa University, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
authors: Gülendam
authors: G
authors: Hakverdioğlu Yönt
authors: İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Çiğli-İzmir, Turkey.
authors: Serkan
authors: S
authors: Çelik
authors: Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
authors: Leyla
authors: L
authors: Khorshıd
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult