Music to support medicine. Music therapy is a therapeutic discipline that uses music as a tool to improve health physical, emotional, relational health and cognitive. It is a personally enriching experience that is part of occupational therapy, the rehabilitative health profession that promotes health and well-being through occupation. furthermore, music therapy administered during surgery significantly reduces the amount of anesthetic necessary, such as propofol and fentanyl, during laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia. This was revealed by a study led by Tanvi Goel, of the Lok Nayak Hospital and Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India, reported in Music and Medicine. Patients exposed to music also reported smoother awakening and a reduced physiological stress response, as measured by perioperative cortisol levels. These results suggest that the sound environment during the intervention can positively influence the post-operative outcomes. For the study, researchers compared a group of patients in a surgical setting who were given it musica of their liking during the intervention and a control group without musical stimulus. The researchers then measured the amount of anesthetic used, i awakening times and cortisol levels.
Music as a cure
The results showed less use of anesthetics in patients exposed to music during surgery; a smoother awakening from anesthesia and lower cortisol levels in patients who had been given music, compared to control group. The researchers describe the effect as a supplement to anesthesia that improves the patient experience and some markers of stress. Intraoperative music therapy could become a standard complement to anesthesia, helping to reduce drug intake and potentially improving recovery. Among the scientists’ future prospects is to extend the research to other types of surgery and define standardized musical protocols based on patient preferences and clinical objectives. Music during surgery could represent a useful non-pharmacological intervention to reduce addiction to anestheticsimprove the patient experience and reduce stress due to the procedure. Further research will be helpful in standardizing the clinical use of intraoperative music therapy.
Centrality of the person
Music from the operating room to the hospital. In fact, at the Geriatrics Unit, a program of music therapy was promoted on the initiative of associations Quercus Vitae, Gabbiana, Together we can. Reaffirm the centrality of the person and closeness to those going through a treatment process. This is the purpose of the event which took place at the Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano company in Caserta, open to patients, healthcare workers, institutions, voluntary associations and citizens. With moments of fun and entertainment and aparticular attention to cancer patientsto women, to children, to the elderly. “With enthusiasm and team spirit – explains the general director of the hospital Gennaro Volpe – we have set up a program of initiatives that converge on the humanisation of care. A value that we believe is particularly significant to underline with a view to centrality of the sick person. A value that our hospital tries to realize every day in clinical and healthcare practice”. The event, organized with the contribution of the associations that collaborate assiduously with the Caserta hospital, kicked off with the free outpatient visitsin the specialties of cardiology, geriatrics, breast medicine, urology, ophthalmology and ENT.
Maneuver for life
The project was presented by the Hematology and Oncology operational units and dedicated to the psycho-physical well-being of cancer patients, promoted with the support of the Caserta section of the AIL: “Me beyond the disease” (oncological aesthetics-make-up/wigs). The hospitalized women received advice and treatments of a beautician who demonstrated the service offered. So the medical and nursing team of the Pediatrics operational unit involved the mothers, fathers and grandparents of the young patients in training the “Maneuver for Life”. While the Acrobatic SuperHeroes gave away emotions and smiles for children with their shows. Children who then also received toys and children’s books. The “Read The Sign” Roll-Up was then inaugurated, proposed by the Soroptimist International Club of Caserta as a vehicle to raise awareness against violence against women. A useful handbook for women recognize the signs early of violence, an invitation to call the telephone number 1522 for help. The Roll-Up was then placed in the emergency room. In the square in front of the entrance, the Fanfare of the 8th Regiment Bersaglieri of the “Garibaldi” Bersaglieri Brigade of Caserta.
