Lisa Hartling led a team of researchers who found more evidence that music can help kids deal with pain and distress in pediatric emergency rooms.
Music may be most helpful for kids more apt to experience pain or distress in pediatric ER, UAlberta researchers find. Newly published findings by medical researchers at the University of Alberta provide more evidence that music decreases children's perceived sense of pain. Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry researcher Lisa Hartling led a research team that involved her colleagues from the Department of Pediatrics, as well as fellow researchers from the University of Manitoba and the United States. Their The team conducted a clinical research trial of 42 children between the ages of three and 11 who came to the pediatric emergency department at the Stollery Children's Hospital and needed IVs. Some of the children listened to music while getting an IV; others did not. Researchers measured the children's distress, perceived pain levels and heart rates, as well as satisfaction levels of parents and satisfaction levels of health-care providers who administered the IVs. The trial took place between January 2009 and March 2010.
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