Analysis of Vital, Facial and Muscular Responses Front to Music or Message in Coma, Vegetative State or Sedated Patients

University of Sao Paulo

Status

Completed

Conditions

Communication

Consciousness Disorders

Intensive Care

Treatments

Other: Music and voice message

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01141790

FAPESP 06/61338-5

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objectives: (1) To check music or voice message influence on vital signs, facial expressions or muscular tonus of coma, vegetative or sedated patients; (2) To connect the existence of patient's responsiveness with the Glasgow Coma Scale or with the Ramsay Sedation Scale; (3)To evaluate the relation between the response and the score of Glasgow Outcome Scale.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

To be in disorder of consciousness;
To be evaluated according to one of the Scales and to have a score in the study range: in physiological comas, score between 3 to 8 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); in induced coma, one of the last two scores of Ramsay Sedation Scale (RSS), R5 or R6;
To have hearing function preserved according to family;
To have written consent from the family or responsible party for the patient's participation

Exclusion criteria