The findings could be incredibly beneficial to patients and the Department of Health has stated that doctors should seriously consider the applications.

 As part of the study, researchers compared music which was considered soothing with other methods of calming the patient including undisturbed bed rest, headphones with no music, white noise and routine care.

The findings could serve to ease the stress of being hospitalised and although it was found that music did not reduce the overall length of patient's stays in hospital, it did help to improve their experience whilst they were there.

The lead author of the study, Dr Catherine Meads applied her findings during a recent stay at hospital for hip surgery and believes that the option of having access to music should be open to everyone. She said: "Currently music is not used routinely during surgery to help patients in their post-operative recovery.

"The lack of uptake is often down to the scepticism of professionals as to whether it genuinely works, and of course issues of budget and the integration into daily practice."

A spokesperson from the Department of Health added: "This is very interesting research.

"We hope doctors consider the findings closely, because we want patients to have the best experience and recovery possible when they undergo surgery."

The findings from this study are interesting and just show the power and influence that music has over our lives.