Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 107-112, May 2009

The effect of music on acute confusion in older adults after hip or knee surgery

  • Ruth McCaffrey, DNP, ARNP-BC

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Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA

Received 15 November 2006; received in revised form 4 June 2007; accepted 6 June 2007.

Abstract 

The purpose of this randomized controlled study was to determine the effects of music listening on acute confusion that is common in older adults after hip or knee surgery. A control group demonstrated greater decreases in cognition on the first postoperative day compared to a music-listening group (F = 8.448, p = .009). In the 3-day postoperative period, the cognitive status of the control group improved; on the third postoperative day, there was no significant difference between the two groups (F = 3.52, p = .075). The music-listening group had higher scores on the NEECHAM Acute Confusion Scale across the 3-day postoperative period (F = 7.28, p = .014).

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PII: S0897-1897(07)00094-8

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2007.06.004

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 107-112, May 2009

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