The Effect of Music on Intraoperative Anxiety During Dermatologic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Rock and Classical Genres.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13024541 · PMID 41897979

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The rock music group exhibited the largest mean reduction (−16.8% ± 19.8%), followed by the classical music group (−15.7% ± 23.3%) and the silence group (−11.6% ± 18.3%), although the between-group difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.081).

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