Methods
hearing problems
HEARING PROBLEM
The present study is an experimental study. A total of 52 children aged 6 to 12 years admitted to educational hospitals (pediatric general ward) in 2022 were randomly divided into Test (n = 26) and control (n = 26) groups. Inclusion criteria included (1) children aged 6 to 12 years, and (2) Children who were hospitalized in the general pediatric ward. Exclusion criteria included: (1) children with hearing problems, (2) children with mental health problems who needed sedation, and (3) children admitted to the intensive care unit who wanted to undergo surgery. Before the intervention, by receiving the code of ethics (IR.AJUMS.REC.1399.078) from the Vice Chancellor for Research, the details of 52 children with inclusion criteria were received from one of the educational hospitals. It should be noted that all the methods were performed according to the relevant guidelines and regulations. Also, before starting the study, the objectives of the study were explained to the children and their parents. Then informed consent was obtained from all the parents of the children to start the research. Demographic information of children that included age and gender was recorded with the help of their parents. Johann Sebastian’s non-verbal music was provided to children admitted to the pediatric general ward, and with the help of nurses and parents, children were asked to spend 20 minutes every day for three days between 2 pm and 3 pm (due to the absence of visitors) Listening to it using an MP3 player and headphones.Johann Sebastian’s non-verbal music consists of different parts and in this research, episode three of this work was used due to its smooth and flat movement. Simultaneously with listening to music for 20 minutes in the test group, headphones without music to avoid disrupting the intervention process were placed in the ears of children in the control group for 20 minutes. Children were asked to lie on their beds in any position they felt most comfortable (sitting or lying down) and to listen to the music with their eyes closed. During these three days, the researcher evaluated and recorded the vital signs of children in both groups every day before and after the intervention. Using the Spielberger questionnaire [Research data collection tools included the Spielberger questionnaire [To confirm the validity of blood pressure recorded by the monitor, a calibrated mercury sphygmomanometer (made in Germany) was used for all patients in the study. Pulse and number of breaths were counted using the hour counter in full minutes. The child’s body temperature was measured by a sublingual thermometer. To assess the reliability of vital signs, after opening the cuff of the sphygmomanometer and for five minutes without changing the location of the cuff, the vital signs were checked again by another nurse colleague and recorded in the datasheet. The reliability coefficient of simultaneous observation was calculated to be about 95%. Quantitative variables were reported as mean and standard deviation and qualitative variables were reported as numbers (percentage). A Chi-square test was used to examine the relationship between qualitative variables and a t-test was used to compare the mean of quantitative variables between the two groups. The process of changes in variables was examined using a repeated-measure analysis of variance. Statistical analysis of data was performed by SPSS