Internal medicine journal
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Internal medicine journal · Sep 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialMusic reduces state anxiety scores in patients undergoing pleural procedures: a randomised controlled trial.
Patient anxiety is an often overlooked complication of pleural diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Listening to music is effective in reducing patient anxiety in some endoscopy procedures but has not yet been evaluated in pleural procedures. ⋯ Listening to music appears to be beneficial in reducing anxiety in patients undergoing pleural procedures.