Article Review: The Effect of Educational Audiotape Programme on Anxiety and Depression

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Hoseini, S., Soltani, F., Beygi, M. B., & Zarifsanaee, N. (2013). The Effect of Educational Audiotape Programme on Anxiety and Depression in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 1613–1619.
This article research in this article aimed at finding out the effectiveness of using audiotape educational programs in patients undergoing CABG. A randomized clinical trial design was used in Iran where 70 patient were divided into two equal groups (control and intervention) and followed up for a period of six weeks. The intervention group was given an audiotaped educational program and a routine training after surgery while the control only had the routine training. HADS was used to assess anxiety together with a standardized questionnaire for the same. after intervention, data was collected for the six weeks and data was analysed using the 16th version of SPSS and the independent and paired T-tests used to compare the data.
The results revealed a significant mean scores differences of the two groups and the researchers concluded that such a program was effective for reducing both anxiety and depression in patients undergoing CABG after surgery. Therefore, audiotaped educational programs are effective in meeting the patient’s needs suggesting education of patients via audiotapes can be used in self-care after surgeries hence nurses can utilize preparatory information contained in audiotapes to improve treatment outcomes and reduce depression and anxiety among patients undergoing CABG.
Pittman, S., & Kridli, S. (2011). Music Intervention and Preoperative Anxiety: An Integrative Review. International Nursing Review, 58, 57–163.
This integrative review was geared towards demonstrating different methodological approaches used to investigate the efficacy of musical interventions in reducing anxiety among adults pre-operation. An inclusion criterion was determined that qualified 11 articles that were evaluated and 38% of the articles that investigated the effects of listening to music on blood pressure revealed that it lowered the BP. Forty-three percent investigating the link between heart rates and listening to music illustrated decreased patterns of heart rate while 2 of the four studies that investigated the relaxing effects of listening to music on breathing indicated a decreased respiratory rate. Despite the presence of inconsistencies of listening to music’s effect in lowering BP, heart rate, and respiratory rate among patients with anxiety, music can still be utilized to create an environment that is clam and relaxing geared towards reduction of anxiety in postoperative patients.
Cutshall, S. M., Anderson, P. G., Prinsen, S. K., Wentworth, L. J., Olney, T. L., Messner, P. K., et al. (2011). Effect of the Combination of Music and Nature Sounds on Pain and Anxiety in Cardiac Su...