Music and virtual reality lowered anxiety during burn care
In burn patients at an Istanbul hospital, music and virtual reality reduced anxiety compared with a group receiving neither intervention. The abstract does not show how large or lasting these differences were.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
Both music and virtual reality groups had lower anxiety and anxiety related to pain after intervention than the control group. Pain also decreased in the virtual reality group, although the abstract is less explicit about that comparison. The results support a possible short-term role during burn care, without establishing which intervention is better or how much relief patients experienced.
The abstract gives no changes in questionnaire scores, exact assessment timing or adverse-event results. Its claim that these interventions can be used safely cannot be assessed from the reported data.
What researchers found
Anxiety outcomes during burn care
Music and virtual reality versus no study intervention, assessed after intervention; differences were statistically significant, but score changes and timing were not reported.
What was measured
Researchers used a pain rating scale and questionnaires covering general anxiety and anxiety related specifically to burn pain. These were separate measured outcomes, so an improvement in anxiety does not automatically establish an improvement in pain.
Interpreting the pain result
The abstract reports a statistically significant pain decrease for virtual reality, but does not give a corresponding music estimate or a direct comparison between the interventions. That reporting pattern does not establish that virtual reality outperforms music.
The original publication
The effect of virtual reality and music on pain, anxiety, and pain-related anxiety in burn patient care.
Görücü R, Özteki̇n SD, Fi̇li̇nte G
Burns · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40555099
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