Hospital procedures can increase anxiety especially directly prior to a procedure. One of these procedures is a cardiac catheterization. Elevated anxiety levels can negatively affect the patients psychologically and physically. In this study the researcher Ghetti wanted to evaluate the use of music therapy specifically in the emotional-approach of coping immediately before the cardiac catheterization would benefit the periprocedural outcome. The study was a randomized control trial with three groups utilizing a pre and post test. One control group that received no pre-procedure intervention, the second group that received the talk-based Emotional-Approach (EAC) coping group prior to procedure, and the third group received the Music Therapy Emotional-Approach Coping intervention (MT/EAC)…
