The anxiety- and pain-reducing effects of music interventions: a systematic review.

By U. Nilsson. AORN Journal, 2008

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Emotional and motivational uses of music in sports and exercise: A questionnaire study among athletes (2013, background): “The pain-reducing effects of music interventions have received much interest in clinical health care settings, and recent reviews have shown that music interventions may have positive effects on reducing anxiety and pain (Nilsson, 2008).”
Music and Stress (2011, background): “While there are few papers directly relating music and stress, a notable exception is the report by Nilsson (2008) that reviewed 42 randomized control studies on the stress and anxiety and their reduction by the music intervention in a preoperative setting.”
Synchrony as an Adaptive Mechanism for Large-Scale Human Social Bonding (2016, positive): “…that listening to music can reduce perception of pain (Koch et al. 1998; Allen et al. 2001; Good et al. 2001; Lepage et al. 2001; Nilsson et al. 2001, 2003; Nilsson 2008) and therefore diminish the need for opioid agonists following operative care (Cepeda & Carr 2006; Bernatzky et al. 2011).”