Effects of "Music for the Mind" on Pre-operative Anxiety in Dentistry

Azad University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Dental Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01622374

Aminpasha_CT0001

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine the pre-operative effect of music for the mind compared to some other styles of music in patients undergoing dental procedures.

Full description

120 patients were sequentially assigned to four groups of 30 subjects. the music groups received Music for the mind, Iranian traditional music and Mozart music through headphone for ten minutes prior to dental procedures, and the control group received silence through headphone. anxiety score and pulse rate and blood pressure were measured before and after receiving music

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 17 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• need for dental treatments

Exclusion criteria

• usage of anxiety drugs
• usage of psychoactive drugs
• emergency cases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 4 patient groups

Silence

Active Comparator group

Description:

the subjects received 10 minutes of silence through headphone

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music

Music for the mind

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music

Mozart music

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music

Iranian traditional music

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music