title: Music listening for anxiety relief in children in the preoperative period: a randomized clinical trial.
abstract: to investigate the effects of music listening, for 15 minutes, on the preoperative anxiety levels in children undergoing elective surgery in comparison with conventional pediatric surgical care.
  
  
  
  randomized controlled clinical trial pilot study with 52 children in the preoperative period, aged 3 to 12 years, undergoing elective surgery and randomly allocated in the experimental group (n = 26) and control group (n = 26). Anxiety was assessed in both groups by the application of the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale and measurement of the physiological variables, upon arrival and 15 minutes after the first measurement.
  
  
  
  there was a statistically significant difference in preoperative anxiety between the two groups only in relation to the physiological variable, since the respiratory rate of preschool children in the experimental group reduced in the second measurement compared to the control group (p = 0.0453). The experimental group showed a statistically significant reduction in anxiety levels after 15 minutes of music listening (p = 0.0441), specifically with regard to the behavioral domains of activity, vocalization, emotional expression and apparent awakening state.
  
  
  
  music listening emerges as a potential nursing intervention for relief of preoperative anxiety in children undergoing surgical procedures. RBR-7mcr59.
authors.affiliation: MSc, Assistant Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana André Honorato
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Franzoi
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate student in Nursing, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristina Bretas
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Goulart
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate student in Nursing, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabete Oliveira
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Lara
authors.affiliation: PhD, Adjunct Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gisele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009147:Music Therapy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057234:Preoperative Period