Music May Ease Anxiety in Eye Clinics

Background music and multimedia exposure were associated with lower patient-reported anxiety in a quasi-experimental ophthalmology clinic study that used existing clinic audiovisual infrastructure at no additional cost.

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Andrea Surnit
May 15, 2026
4 min

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375 patients in the study; exposure to multimedia reduced anxiety.
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Background music and multimedia both lowered anxiety scores.
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Higher satisfaction reported with multimedia exposure.
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Older patients benefited more from interventions.
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Study lacks individual-level randomization and physiological assessments.
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Findings caution regarding interpretation due to study design limitations.

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Music May Ease Anxiety in Eye Clinics

by Andrea Surnit
May 15, 2026

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