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- Title
The effect of music listening on acute confusion and delirium in elders undergoing elective hip and knee surgery.
- Authors
McCaffrey, Ruth; Locsin, Rozzano
- Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine the effect of music on elders undergoing elective hip and knee surgery who experience acute confusion and delirium postoperatively. Postoperative confusion and delirium in elders often cause complications that negatively effect recovery. Music listening was introduced as an intervention to an experimental group. Nurses documented episodes of acute confusion and delirium experienced by elders postsurgically. Scores from a readiness-to- ambulate profile to determine if patients were cognitively ready for postoperative therapy were evaluated. There was a significant decrease in the number of episodes of postoperative confusion among those in the experimental group compared with those in the non-listening control group. In addition, the experimental group had significantly higher scores on the readiness-to-ambulate profile than the control group. These findings indicate that music listening is an effective nursing intervention that can be used to decrease acute postoperative confusion and delirium in elders undergoing elective hip and knee surgery.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care for older people; SURGERY; GERIATRIC nursing; NURSING; MUSIC therapy; MEDICINE; POSTOPERATIVE care
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Nursing (Wiley-Blackwell), 2004, Vol 13, p91
- ISSN
0962-1067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01048.x