Effect of Music Therapy Intervention on Pain After Gynecological Surgery

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01941212

RMB 017-13

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of musical therapy before and after gynecological surgeries on pain relief following surgery.

The hypothesis is that musical therapy is effective in pain relief following surgical procedures.

Full description

The intention with the study is to focus on the first postoperative phase in a case of pain upon gynecologic abdominal surgery. The literature search revealed studies reporting that participates who had pre-operative session of music intervention for relaxation experienced a greater level of reducing pain levels both pre and post their operation than in the participates in the control group. It is therefore a decision to include one pre operative session of intervention with music therapy in the design.

The study will carry out at the Gynecologic Unit, in Rambam Hospital, Israel.

Enrollment: 75 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women are schedule to undergo gynecological surgeries

Exclusion criteria

• Neuropathy
• Neurological conditions
• Diabetes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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75 participants in 3 patient groups

Music therapy and Behavioral therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Music and behavioral therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music therapy

Music only

Active Comparator group

Description:

Music therapy without behavioral therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music therapy

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will not listen to music neither will get music therapy