"A new Harvard study has found that patients who listened to music while in the emergency department for back pain showed decreased anxiety levels, which in turn decreased discomfort. "There are a lot of reasons why people have back pain. It can be nerve-related, spinal cord issues, nerve compression - all of which don't have a quick solution," said Charlotte Goldfine, lead author and instructor in emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School."
""Music has been used in other settings and studied in the pre- and peri-operative space, as well as with pain management," she said. "We were really thinking through how we could translate the work that had already been done in patients who were getting procedures or who had more painful scenarios. What we found is that it's also a very easily deployable solution.""
Patients with back pain in emergency departments who listened to music experienced reduced anxiety and corresponding decreases in discomfort. Back pain originates from many causes that often lack quick solutions, including nerve-related problems, spinal cord issues, and nerve compression. Typical emergency treatments include anti-inflammatory drugs, analgesics, and, in severe cases, opioids. Emergency department visits for pain exceed 2.6 million annually in the U.S., representing about 4.4 percent of ED visits globally. Music therapy has prior success in perioperative and pain-management settings. Providing headphones and a music player is an easily deployable intervention in emergency settings.
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