Arts Studies and Criticism

Perioperative periods are often accompanied by significant anxiety, pain, and stress responses, which impact patient recovery and treatment adherence. Music, as a low-cost, non-pharmacological adjunctive intervention, demonstrates positive effects in alleviating preoperative anxiety, aiding intraoperative analgesia, and promoting postoperative recovery. Addressing current limitations in intervention models — including insufficient standardization, poor individual adaptability, and lack of interdisciplinary integration — this study proposes multidimensional improvement strategies. These include process optimization, precision prescribing, and collaborative mechanism development to advance music therapy toward routine clinical implementation.