A Study of Music Therapy to Support Intrauterine Insemination

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intrauterine Insemination

Treatments: Other: Music Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05492331

22-006147

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to learn if playing music in the room during an intrauterine insemination procedure decreases anxiety and pain for patients at the time of the procedure.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• IUI must be performed in the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility offices at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
• IUI procedure must be on a weekday.
• IUI procedure is scheduled to be completed by a nurse in the REI Department.

Exclusion criteria

• Not English speaking.
• IUI procedure on a weekend day.
• IUI procedure is scheduled with an MD provider (known or expected to be difficult).
• Planned IUI procedure is cancelled prior to undergoing the procedure.
• The patient has a documented diagnosis of complete hearing loss or significant hearing impairment in both ears.
• The patient has previous participated or declined enrollment in the study during a prior IUI procedure.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Music Therapy during the IUI procedure

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects undergoing an intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedure will experience music therapy during the procedure.

Treatment:

Other: Music Therapy

Standard of Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects will receive standard of care for intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedure.