Effect of Music Intervention on Intravitreal Injection

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of music intervention in the before-intravitreal injection (IVTI) and during-IVTI periods on patients\' anxiety, the sensation of pain, physiological variables, satisfaction, and surgeon-patient cooperation. The study used a randomized controlled experimental design. The study was conducted with a total of three groups: two experimental (Before-IVTI (Group1) and During-IVTI music intervention group (Group 2)) and one control group. Each of the experimental and control groups consisted of 75 patients. The patients\' anxiety was evaluated using the VAS anxiety scale, pain using the VAS pain scale; surgeon-patient cooperation using the Numeric Rating Scale; and patient satisfaction with a 5-point likert-type satisfaction scale.