Effects of Music Therapy and White Noise on Pre-procedural Fear, Anxiety by Elderly Colonoscopy Patients

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fear; the Elderly; White Noise; Colonoscopy; Anxiety; Music Therapy

Treatments: Other: listen to hospital ambient sound; Other: Music therapy; Other: listen to white noise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06669338

MuglaSKU-HEM-MC-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study was to examine the effect of two different interventions (music therapy and white noise listening) on anxiety, fear and vital signs in elderly patients undergoing colonoscopy.

The study was a double-blind, pre-test and post-test

Full description

Colonoscopy patients experience high levels of fear and anxiety due to the procedure. Fear and anxiety can activate the patient's autonomic nervous system, leading to increased sweating, increased heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate, and procedure-related complications. Reducing fear and anxiety and relaxing the patient not only prevents potential harm to the patient due to the procedure, but also facilitates the work of the healthcare team performing the procedure and ensures accurate results. In this context, this study aimed to investigate the effects of music therapy and white noise listening on the fear, anxiety and vital signs of patients undergoing colonoscopy.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. The one to be colonoscoped,
2. 65 years of age or older,
3. Participated in the research voluntarily
4. No vision, hearing and perception problems,
5. No communication problems (able to speak Turkish),
6. Those who are hemodynamically stable before colonoscopy,
7. No psychiatric diagnosis, no use of antidepressants, anxiolytics and sedative agents,
8. No analgesic or anesthetic medication 24 hours before the procedure.

Exclusion criteria

1. Developing complications during the procedure,
2. Removing the headset during the procedure,
3. Participants with visual and hearing impairment or a medical history of dementia, cognitive impairments or psychiatric disorders
4. The general condition deteriorated during the procedure or a different intervention was performed with anesthesia,
5. Who wants to leave the study on their own accord.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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90 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

music therapy group

Experimental group

Description:

The group that listened to music for 20 minutes before the colonoscopy

Treatment:

Other: Music therapy

white noise group

Experimental group

Description:

The group that listened to white noise for 20 minutes before the colonoscopy

Treatment:

Other: listen to white noise

control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The group that listened to recorded ambient sound for 20 minutes before the colonoscopy.

Treatment:

Other: listen to hospital ambient sound