Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Live Interactive Music Therapy Across the Perioperative Continuum: A Scoping Review
Authors' conclusion
Perioperative music therapy is a feasible, low-risk adjunct that may complement existing pharmacologic strategies to support anxiety, mood, and pain with minimal interruption to patient care for teams with access to this resource.
Study context
- Population
- Patients (9 months to 94 years) across diverse surgical specialties receiving live interactive music therapy by a certified music therapist within 24 h pre- to 72 h post-operation25 articles
- Participants
- 1,821 patients
- Outcome
- Characteristics of perioperative music therapy
Methodological detailsPRISMA-ScR, Database searches October 2024 to June 2025; 2095 articles identified, 1049 full-text reviewed, 25 included
- PRISMA-ScR
- Database searches October 2024 to June 2025; 2095 articles identified, 1049 full-text reviewed, 25 included
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Articles with music therapy delivered preoperatively
17
Articles with music therapy delivered intraoperatively
8
Articles with music therapy delivered postoperatively
15
Original publication
Live Interactive Music Therapy Across the Perioperative Continuum: A Scoping Review. Anesth Analg. Published 23 June 2026. doi:10.
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