Audio and anxiety-score changes around injections into the eye
Binaural-beat audio and Chinese music led to statistically significant anxiety-score reductions compared with control in a trial of patients receiving eye injections.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
This trial found statistically significant reductions in anxiety questionnaire scores with binaural-beat audio and Chinese music compared with control. Binaural-beat audio also limited the rise in systolic blood pressure during and after the procedure. The abstract does not establish how meaningful the anxiety changes were to patients or how long they lasted.
The abstract reports immediate outcomes without longer follow-up or an explanation of what anxiety-score change patients would consider meaningful. It does not establish which audio intervention reduced anxiety most.
What researchers found
Change in anxiety questionnaire scores
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores changed from before to after injection; binaural-beat audio and Chinese music were each compared with control.
How anxiety was measured
Patients completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory before and after their injection. They listened through in-ear headphones while waiting and during surgery. Significant comparisons against control do not establish differences between the audio interventions.
What the physiological measures showed
The rise in systolic blood pressure was smaller with binaural-beat audio than with the other groups during and after surgery. Diastolic pressure and pulse-rate differences across groups were not statistically significant.
The original publication
Effect of different perioperative music interventions on anxiety and blood pressure levels during intravitreal injections.
Song F, Wang Z, Zhang X et al.
Acta Psychol (Amst) · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 40651230
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