A Randomized Study on the Efficacy of Music Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Nasal Septal Surgery

Abstract Introduction Nasal septal surgery is one of themost common surgeries performed by otolaryngology surgeons; however, anxiety before surgery and postoperative pain remain a significant cause of morbidity. The search for a complimentary modality to reduce the symptoms and side effects has gained momentum in recent years. Objective Music therapy is an exciting and inexpensive modality in this regard, but scientific evidence in terms of randomized clinical trials is still lacking for common otolaryngology surgeries. Hence, we performed the present study. Method The sample of our stud...