Literature Insight

Music for anxiety reduction in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28779919/)

  • Key Words
  • Cardiac Catheterization – is a procedure used to diagnose and treat certain cardiovascular conditions. During cardiac catheterization, a long thin tube called a catheter is inserted in an artery or vein in your groin, neck, or arm and threaded through your blood vessels to your heart. (Google)
  • Different methods and tests were done in order to see whether music has an impact on an increase/decrease in levels of anxiety
  • Tests were conducted from a randomized group of patients who were undergoing cardiac catheterization 
  • The conclusion that they agreed upon was that further research was needed before clinical trials can be made due to a lack of data on the clinical implications of using music on patients

Robotic approach to the reduction of dental anxiety in children https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32730719/

  • Key Words
  • Techno-psychological distraction techniques
  • Two hundred children who were having their first visits to the dental clinic were placed into two equal groups
  • One group was the control while the other had robotic assistance (named RG group)
  • Conclusions were made after the pulse rates of each child were recorded. Which came out that children from the RG had a significantly lower pulse rate compared to the control group.

The impact of music activities in a multi-sensory room for children with multiple disabilities on developing positive emotions: a case study  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301619435_The_impact_of_music_activities_in_a_multisensory_room_for_children_with_multiple_disabilities_on_developing_positive_emotions_a_case_study

  • The purpose of this study was to test the use of the multisensory environment teaching approach with music activities on emotions and other areas of development for a child with multiple disabilities.
  • The findings revealed positive results when using music activities, on increasing positive emotions for the participant in the multisensory environment.