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TABLE 2 Variable Measurements Before and After <strong>In</strong>tervention Sessions for Patients in the Ambient Music Group and Patients in the Control Group Music Control Variable* n Mean SD Median n Mean SD Median P value† Day 2 Change after session 1 Pain 49 -0.9 1.6 -1 51 -0.7 1.7 0 .67 Anxiety 49 -0.7 1.3 0 51 -0.3 1.8 0 .50 Relaxation 49 1.9 2.7 1 51 0.3 2.9 0 .03 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 49 -3.8 15.5 -1 51 -1.6 11.2 -1 .76 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 49 -0.4 7.1 -1 51 -0.9 7.2 0 .88 Heart rate, beats per minute 49 -0.3 5.1 0 51 1.7 9.5 0 .30 Satisfaction with care 49 0.3 1.5 0 50 -0.3 1.9 0 .17 Change after session 2 Pain 48 -1.4 1.4 -1 50 -0.4 1.4 -1 .001 Anxiety 48 -0.3 1.3 0 50 -0.4 1.3 0 .55 Relaxation 48 1.4 2.5 1 49 1.3 3.1 1 .47 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 48 -5.6 20.2 -2.5 49 -1.9 9.8 -1 .56 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 48 -1.1 7.0 -0.5 47 -2.9 6.4 -2 .10 Heart rate, beats per minute 48 0 4.4 0 50 -0.6 4.4 0 .88 Satisfaction with care 48 -0.3 2.1 0 49 -0.1 2.1 0 .86 Day 3 Change after session 1 Pain 49 -1.1 1.9 -1 51 -0.8 2.0 -1 .58 Anxiety 49 -0.4 1.5 0 51 -0.2 2.3 0 .97 Relaxation 49 0.5 2.7 0 51 1.0 2.6 0 .67 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 49 1.5 13.0 0 47 -2.0 9.4 0 .18 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 49 1.9 10.6 0 47 -1.4 6.5 0 .10 Heart rate, beats per minute 49 1.5 6.9 1 48 -0.4 8.1 -0.5 .04 Satisfaction with care 49 -0.04 1.3 0 50 -0.04 0.8 0 .97 Change after session 2 Pain 47 -0.7 2.2 0 50 -0.3 1.7 0 .15 Anxiety 47 -0.3 1.4 0 50 -0.6 1.4 0 .09 Relaxation 47 1.3 1.9 1 50 0.7 3.3 0 .33 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 47 1.1 12.3 0 48 -0.6 8.3 0.5 .86 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 47 1.8 9.3 0 48 -0.6 11.6 0 .23 Heart rate, beats per minute 47 -1.1 8.0 -1 49 1.4 6.1 1 .15 Satisfaction with care 46 0.1 1.4 0 49 -0.02 0.4 0 .33 Day 4 Change after session 1 Pain 48 -0.8 1.4 0 51 -0.6 1.4 0 .11 Anxiety 48 -0.6 1.9 0 51 -0.5 1.3 0 .77 Relaxation 48 0.6 2.5 0 51 0.4 2.0 0 .36 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 47 -3.4 12.6 -3 49 -2.6 16.5 -2 .61 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 47 -1.3 15.8 -3 49 -1.0 9.1 -2 .34 Heart rate, beats per minute 47 -0.8 11.6 -1 51 -0.5 8.6 -1 .65 Satisfaction with care 47 0.2 1.0 0 51 0.2 1.5 0 .20 Change after session 2 Pain 47 -0.7 1.8 0 51 1.4 10.9 0 .11 Anxiety 47 -0.5 1.1 0 51 -0.1 1.6 0 .37 Relaxation 47 0.8 1.7 0 51 1.0 2.0 0 .94 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 47 -4.6 11.8 -3 50 -2.6 10.9 -1 .38 Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 47 -3.5 9.0 -4 50 -0.6 6.4 0 .047 Heart rate, beats per minute 47 -2.7 6.8 0 48 -1.2 7.7 0 .69 Satisfaction with care 47 0.1 0.4 0 51 0.1 0.9 0 .42 *Pain, anxiety, relaxation, and satisfaction were evaluated with a visual analog scale from 0 (least amount) to 10 (greatest amount). †P values are based on comparisons of mean values for the 2 groups. 20 ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, jul/aug 2011, VOL. 17, NO. 4 Nature Sounds and Music After Cardiac Surgery
3.0 2.5 Mean Anxiety Score 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 Music Control Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Session 1 Session 2 Session 1 Session 2 Session 1 Session 2 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 FIGURE 3 Mean Anxiety Scores. Patients rated their anxiety on a scale from 0 (least) to 10 (most) before (Pre) and after (Post) each session of ambient music (for patients in the music group) or quiet rest (for patients in the control group). 9.5 9.0 Mean Relaxation Score 8.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 Music Control Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post Session 1 Session 2 Session 1 Session 2 Session 1 Session 2 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 FIGURE 4 Mean Relaxation Scores. Patients rated their relaxation on a scale from 0 (least) to 10 (most) before (Pre) and after (Post) each session of ambient music (for patients in the music group) or quiet rest (for patients in the control group). Nature Sounds and Music After Cardiac Surgery ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES, jul/aug 2011, VOL. 17, NO. 4 21
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