The effect of playing music and mother’s voice to children on sedation level and requirement during pediatric magnetic resonance imaging

EXPLORE: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALING, cilt.1111111111111111111, sa.111111111111111111, ss.1-10, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
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Basım Tarihi: 2023
Dergi Adı: EXPLORE: THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND HEALING
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-10
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging examinations frequently cause anxiety and fear in children. The

objective of this study was to investigate the effects of listening to music sound, the mother’s voice, and sound

isolation on the depth of sedation and need for sedatives in pediatric patients who would undergo MRI.

Methods: Ninety pediatric patients aged 3 to 12 years who were planned for imaging in the MRI unit were

randomly assigned to isolation group (Group I), musical sound group (Group II), and mother’s voice group

(Group III). We evaluated patients’ anxiety and sedation levels via the Observer’s Assessment of Alertness/

Sedation (OAA/S)

Results: Heart rate, oxygen saturation, OAA/S, and Ramsey scores during the procedure were not significantly

different among the groups (p>0.05). The mean amount of propofol and total propofol consumption was sta-

tistically lower in the mother’s voice group than in the isolation and music sound groups (p<0.001). Mean

propofol amount and total propofol consumption were not significantly different in isolation and music sound

groups (p>0.05). No difference was found between the groups regarding the time it took for the patients’

Modified Aldrete score to reach 9 (p>0.05).

Conclusions: In pediatric patients, listening to the mother’s voice during MRI decreased the total sedative

requirement consumed without increasing the depth of sedation