THE EFFECT OF NATURE SOUND AND CULTURAL MUSIC ON PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES DURING MECHANICAL VENTILATION PERIOD IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS

Objective: This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of nature sound and cultural music (folk song) performed during the mechanical ventilation period of the patients hospitalized in the intensive care surgery department (surgical intensive care unit) on blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, saturation and pain scores.Material and Method: This study was designed as a semi-experimental research with pre-test - post-test control group.Data were collected between October 1, 2019 and March 31, 2020. Three groups were made in the study. During the treatment process, 30 patients were made to listen to nature sounds, 30 to cultural music (instrumental folk songs), while 30 patients were not made to listen to anything and the treatment was applied in this way.In the study, Patient Diagnosis and Evaluation Form,Critical Care Pain Observation Tool, Evaluation Form for the Physiological Conditions of Patientswere used, and Nature Sound and Cultural Music (Turkish Folk Music) were listened in the study. Data were evaluated in SPSS (for Windows 25.0)Results:Considering the total scores according to the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool there was no significant difference before listening to music and 1 hour after listening to music (p>0.05), while there was a statistical difference 2 hours after listening to music (p <0.05). It was determined that the difference was due to the patients listening to folk music. Considering the physiological responses of the patients, while the mean arterial pressure did not change in the group that listened to nature sound and cultural music before and 2 hours after the music, the mean arterial pressure increased in the control group. Conclusion: As a result, it was observed that listening to nature sound and cultural music during the mechanical ventilation period of the patients hospitalized in the ICU had a positive effect on physiological responses.