Key result
Music interventions, predominantly delivered as single sessions of instrumental music before or during the procedure, reduced anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization in 11 of 18 included studies.
Why the study?
The specific characteristics of music interventions used to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization needed to be mapped.
Does music intervention reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Systematic Review (n=2,159)
Does music intervention reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Music interventions show potential to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization, though significant heterogeneity and poor reporting in primary studies limit the establishment of standardized clinical recommendations.
Music may ease anxiety during cardiac catheterization; supports adjunctive use but heterogeneity leaves standardization open.
The characteristics of music interventions for reducing anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization were mapped. A scoping review was conducted according to the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. Searches were performed in electronic portals and databases PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane, EMBASE, Scopus, LILACS, CAPES Thesis Portal (Brazil), DART-Europe E-theses Portal, Theses Canada Portal, Pro-Quest, and Google Scholar databases, gray literature, with no limitation on the year of publication. Eighteen articles were included in the search. The characteristics of the interventions were heterogeneous and not comprehensively described in the primary studies. The songs were predominantly of a single genre, instrumental, and selected by the interventionist, with a rhythm between 60 and 80 beats per minute. The interventions were delivered in a single session, mostly in the catheterization laboratory, before or during the procedure, by means of digital audio and earphones for over 20 min. The heterogeneity of interventions and incompleteness of information in the studies compromises the advancement of knowledge on the effects of music on health outcomes.
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Batista et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in Anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization (n=2,159). Music intervention vs. Usual care or other interventions was evaluated on Anxiety reduction. Music interventions, predominantly delivered as single sessions of instrumental music before or during the procedure, reduced anxiety in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization in 11 of 18 included studies.
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