Objective: To determine whether person-centred music (PCMusic) contributes to reducing pain during painful leg ulcer dressing change procedures indicated by: decreased levels of indicators related to stress; decreased pain scores; and a more favourable treatment climate during the dressing change procedure.

Method: A case study of a 51-year-old female patient with chronic inherited disease weakening her connective tissues. Quantitative data entailed temporal measurements of stress indicators including: heart pulse rate; oxygen saturation (SpO); saliva cortisol; and a visual analogue scale (VAS). Qualitative data comprised phenomenological treatment descriptions and patient/licensed practical nurse (LPN) questionnaires.

Results: The patient's body temperature remained steady throughout all treatments. Blood pressure was excluded due to missing data. No significant pulse rate differences in relation to music/no music could be observed during treatment. Comparing PCMusic to the patient's own other music (POOM), the pulse rate was greater in both magnitude and variation when the patient listened to POOM. Oxygen saturation showed no significant difference between PCMusic and music/no music. No significant difference was observed pre-/post-debridement with music. Similarly, no significant difference was observed pre-/post-debridement with no music. Treatment with no music showed the highest VAS score; PCMusic treatments had the lowest scores. Qualitative data showed that both patient and LPNs found that PCMusic decreased pain during dressing change.

Conclusion: The results of this case study indicate that PCMusic is a suitable complementary treatment to decrease patient pain. Patients' general health status is important when using quantitative stress/pain marker measurements. For cohort selection in future studies, we suggest healthy patients undergoing slightly painful or unpleasant treatments, patients in postoperative care and obstetric care.

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