DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i08.020

Pages: 3043-3048

Patient going for a surgery is under stress right from the preoperative period and stress could range from immense and might take serious turn in postoperative phase. Stress is indicated by so many parameters verbal, behavioural and laboratory. Blood sugar level and vital parameters like blood pressure and heart rate are some tools to measure stress of the surgery. Music could be an effective additive for alleviation of stress without its side effects along with other measures such as proper amnesia and analgesia. Our hypothesis is that music therapy reduces perioperative stress and postoperative blood sugar level. This randomized control study was conducted on 90 patients of ASA grade 1 and 2 after taking ethics committee approval. Group A (n=30) patients heard routine operation theatre sound. Group B (n=30) patients heard relaxing music intraoperatively only. Group C (n=30) patients heard relaxing music both intraoperatively and postoperatively till two hours. Diastolic and systolic blood pressure, heart rate were measured throughout the procedure till two hours after the procedure. Blood sugar levels were recorded immediately after extubation and then two hours after the surgery. Exposure of music during perioperative period helps in stabilizing blood sugar level and thus the stress occurred due to surgery. Blood sugar level in group A, group B and group C immediately after extubation are 186.26±29.06, 116.43±21.43 and 106.43±12.72 and that two hours after extubation are 145.10±23.35, 100.36±13.64 and 93.56±11.28. Exposure of music during perioperative period helps in reducing surgery related stress assessed by measuring blood sugar level in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia.