Emotional responses to favorite and relaxing music predict music-induced hypoalgesia.

Front Pain Res (Lausanne) · 2023 · PMC10630160 · PMID 38028433

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near-significantp = 0.099so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Of the four emotion themes, we found a near-significant effect of moving/bittersweet on pain unpleasantness ratings [MD = −3.61, t (482) = −1.65, p = 0.099].

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trending towards significancep = 0.19not close (p > 0.1)

Relaxing tracks did not significantly reduce pain intensity compared to their controls, however the effect on pain unpleasantness was trending towards significance when compared to scrambled music [MD = −2.51, t (55.4) = −1.34, p = 0.19] and silence [MD = −3.17, t (55.6) = −1.84, p = 0.071].

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Meanwhile, relaxing music was less effective in reducing pain, with an effect size of around 0.2 standard deviations on pain unpleasantness that did not reach statistical significance.

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