Researchers found noise-cancelling headphones playing classical music reduced pain and anxiety during a prostate biopsy, according to findings published in Urology.
A research team at Duke University randomly assigned 88 patients to three groups: The first had no headphones, the second wore noise-cancelling headphones with no music and the third wore noise-cancelling headphones and listened to Bach concertos. Blood pressure was taken before and after a trans-rectal biopsy. Both groups with no music reported an elevated diastolic blood pressure, which often rises with stress and anxiety, after the procedure. The group listening to music reported no blood pressure increase and less self-reported pain.
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A research team at Duke University randomly assigned 88 patients to three groups: The first had no headphones, the second wore noise-cancelling headphones with no music and the third wore noise-cancelling headphones and listened to Bach concertos. Blood pressure was taken before and after a trans-rectal biopsy. Both groups with no music reported an elevated diastolic blood pressure, which often rises with stress and anxiety, after the procedure. The group listening to music reported no blood pressure increase and less self-reported pain.
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