The Effect of Music Therapy in COVID-19 Patients Given Prone Position

Almost half of the patients diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia develop ARDS and most of these patients are treated in the intensive care unit. In the management of COVID-19 ARDS, prone position is applied to improve physiological parameters by facilitating better distribution of tidal volume and drainage of secretions. It has been reported that awake patients in COVID clinics could not adapt their prone position due to anxiety . Jiang et al (2020) reported that awake patients may not tolerate the prone position and may experience anxiety due to posture habits and discomfort. It was determined that anxiety developed on the second day of hospitalization in the intensive care unit, state anxiety was associated with trait anxiety and pain, and anxiety was low in patients receiving mental health care/treatment . And also not to change position himself of patient in prone position due to care equipment etc it can cause loss of self-control and anxiety. Twelve-sixteen hour prone position recommendation for clinical improvement, positioning difficulties in patients who cannot position themselves may also trigger anxiety in awake patients It has been suggested that music therapy may be effective in reducing anxiety related to weaning from mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients. Music therapy intervention in ICU has been tested in sessions of at least 30 minutes, 1-30 days, with options such as western music, classical Chinese music, nature-based music. In the study of Chu and Zhang (2021), it was shown that the recovery time for tomography findings, the number of days of hospital stay and the rates of transfer to the intensive care unit were lower in the patient group who received holistic mode including traditional Chinese medicine, music therapy, and emotional support in COVID-19 patients. Studies evaluating the effectiveness of music therapy alone in the COVID-19 intensive care process could not be reached. It is thought that music therapy applied in the prone position in the COVID-19 intensive care unit will reduce the anxiety of the patients, adapt to the prone position and improve their clinical parameters.