Many people don’t know where they are when they wake up in the hospital after surgery. This can cause stress and slow down the healing process. Researchers at California Northstate University have now found a solution to this problem: music.
In a meta-study, they looked at the results of more than 30 research papers and came to the following conclusion: The reason for this is that music slows down the often increased heart rate after an operation. This allows oxygen to circulate more efficiently in the body and healing to be accelerated.
The researchers also found that the patients’ perception of pain was also lower. Those who listened to music after a surgical procedure only needed half as much morphine for the pain as patients who recovered from the operation without any sound. It is not clear whether music can really relieve pain. But one thing is certain: patients feel as if they have less.
Anyone who listens to music can distract themselves and relax. And if you are distracted, you cannot concentrate on the pain and therefore do not perceive it as strongly. Shehzaib Raees, co-author of the study
