Aim: This study aimed to determine whether music affects anxiety level of patients’ and pain
experiences associated with colonoscopy.
Methods: The study was conducted as a randomized controlled quasi-experimental study
between 20 July 2017 and 20 September 2017 in the Department od Gastroentrology
Polyclinic of Adnan Menderes University, Aydın. Forty colonoscopy patients were
randomized into either listening to music (Experimental group, n=20) or not listening to
music(Control group, n=20). After all patients were informed about procedure by researcher,
the anxiety level of patients’ was measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory’s two
scales (STAI-State and STAI-Trait) and the pain was measured Visual Analog Scale (VAS).
Patients in the experimental group were listened the Turkish Art Music with headphones for
15 minutes during colonoscopy. The control group did not listen to the music during
procedure. After the procedure, all patients rated pain and only STAI-State related to the
procedure.
Results: According the sociodemographic characteristics of patients, 55% of the patients in
the experimental group were female and 50% of the control group were male. It was
determined that 59.1% of the patients in the experimental group and 72.2% of the patients in
the control group had no cancer storms. In addition to this 55% of the experimental group and
61.1% of the control group patients had colonoscopy before. The patients in the control group
The mean age 55.77±16.22 (min=24, max=78) in control group and 55.95±11.40 (min=31
max= 79) in the experimental group. After the procedure the mean STAI-state score was
37.55±4.24 (min=32 max=48) in the experimental group and 38,25±7.25 (min=29 max=60) in
the control group (p=0.476). Mean pain score was 1.8±0.53(min=0 max=8) in the control
group and 1.56±0.53 (min=0 max=10) in the experimental group (p=0.925).
Conclusion: According to results no significant effects of music on anxiety and pain during
colonoscopy.

Effects of listening to music on patients’ anxiety and pain during colonoscopy: a randomized controlled trial