Journal of Radiology Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 32-34, March 2009

PICC, the Music and Travel to the Port of Relaxation: The Effects of Music on Perceived Pain and Anxiety in Patients Receiving PICCs and Port-A-Caths

Caroline McDaniel, BSN, RN; A. Meaghan Burkett, BSN, RN; Michelle Cormier, BSN, RN; Julie Duvall, RN; Susan Davis, BSN, RN; Lisa Gabriel, RN; Ginger Elmore, BSN, RN; Nancy Mahaffey, RN; Marty Moran, RN; Annette Z. Silver, BSN, RN; Suzanne Burns, MSN, RN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM, FAANP; Mark Conaway, PhD, are at the Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA

Abstract 

Patients often verbalize great anxiety on arrival to the Interventional Radiology (IR) setting for placement of vascular access devices. IR nurses at the University of Virginia Health System studied the effects of music on pain and anxiety scores in 154 patients receiving peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) and Port-A-Caths. The study showed that music had little effect on patients receiving PICCs. Port-A-Cath patients given headphones with self-selected music rated their anxiety significantly lower at the end of the procedure.

Keywords: PICC lines, Relaxation, Insertion

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 The preliminary results of this study were presented in poster presentation format at ARNA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 1–6.

PII: S1546-0843(08)00150-8

doi:10.1016/j.jradnu.2008.10.002

Journal of Radiology Nursing
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 32-34, March 2009

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