title: Effect of Music on Reducing Anxiety for Patients Undergoing Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsies: Randomized Prospective Trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of music on anxiety and perceived pain during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty consecutive men with an elevated serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level and/ or an abnormal digital rectal examination referred for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy were recruited and allocated to a music (n = 20) or a non-music (n = 20) group. Anxiety was assessed prior to and after biopsy and pain was assessed after biopsy in each patient using visual analog scales (VAS) in the same setting, and group anxiety scores were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients in the music group experienced less anxiety (P = .046) during the procedure, but group pain scores were not significantly different.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music was found to decrease anxiety effectively during transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Whi
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyuck Jae
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011467:Prostate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum; D016896:Treatment Outcome