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Comparison of the effect of music therapy with auriculotherapy on pain in patients after orthopedic surgery: a randomized controlled clinical trial study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
E Khaloobagheri 1
M kazemi 2
A Zeidabadi 3
F Mashayekhi 4
1 PhD student in nursing, Trauma Nursing Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
2 PhD, Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan.
3 MSc of medical surgical Nursing, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
4 Instructor, Dep of Midwifery, school of Nursing and Midwifery, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft,Iran.
10.22123/chj.2025.437623.2061
Abstract
Introduction: Pain management after surgery is one of the concerns of the healthcare personnel. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of music therapy with auriculotherapy on the pain of patients after orthopedic surgery.
Materials and methods: This clinical trial was conducted on 90 patients who referred to the surgery department of Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS) Hospital in Rafsanjan for orthopedic surgery in 2020. People were included in the study in an accessible way and then were randomly divided in to three music therapy, auriculotherapy and control groups. Immediately after entering the ward, listening to the soft sound of music for 20 minutes on two occasions and 24 hours apart, auriculotherapy was performed continuously for 24 hours. No intervention was performed in the control group. The data collection tool was the demographic profile form and the VAS tool. SPSS version 20 software and Chi-square, Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon statistical tests were used for data analysis. P<0.05 was considered significant.
Results: In the first stage of the intervention, the results of the Wilcoxon test showed that in the music therapy group and the auricle therapy group, the average pain rating after the intervention decreased significantly (p<0.001). But in the control group, the average pain rating in the second measurement step increased significantly (p<0.001). In the second stage of the intervention, the results of the Wilcoxon test showed that in music therapy and ericulotherapy, the average pain rating decreased significantly after the intervention (p<0.001). But in the control group, the average pain rating in the second measurement stage increased significantly (p<0.001).
Conclusion:It seems that music significantly and immediately reduced pain. Auriculotherapy was also effective in reducing pain after orthopedic surgery. Both methods can be used along with pharmaceutical methods for pain relief.
Keywords
Music Therapy
Auricular Therapy
Pain
Orthopedic Surgery
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Community Health Journal
Volume 19, Issue 1
Summer 2025
Pages 66-77