Evaluation of Music Therapy for Pre-op/Intra-op During Hernia Surgery to Decrease the Need for Narcotics

TriHealth

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Surgery; Pain, Postoperative

Treatments: Other: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06957990

24-060

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate if audible distraction, in the form of music, before and/or during hernia repair surgery will decrease pain post-operatively.

Full description

After performing a thorough review of the literature, no studies were found that examined whether having a patient listen to a genre of music of their choosing before or during surgery impacts their postoperative pain. Music is a way to relax patients and could potentially decrease pain, which is a goal of perioperative services. The current study seeks to fill the gap and examine the impact of music on pain for surgical patients undergoing a hernia repair.

This study will use a randomized, double-blinded, controlled design with four arms:

• Arm 1: Patient will listen to music before their surgery in pre-operative area only
• Arm 2: Patient will listen to music before and during their surgery
• Arm 3: Patient will listen to music during their surgery only
• Arm 4: Patient will not listen to music during their visit

Enrollment: 308 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 18 years or older
• Receiving surgery at Bethesda Surgery Center

Exclusion criteria

• Does not speak English
• Unable to consent to involvement in the research study
• Having more than 1 hernia repair performed
• Pregnant
• Deaf
• Wears hearing aids
• Currently on medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder (ex: suboxone or methadone)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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308 participants in 4 patient groups

PreOp Only

Experimental group

Description:

Patient will listen to music before their surgery in pre-operative area only

Treatment:

Other: Music

PreOp and IntraOp

Experimental group

Description:

Patient will listen to music before and during their surgery

Treatment:

Other: Music

IntraOp Only

Experimental group

Description:

Patient will listen to music during their surgery only

Treatment:

Other: Music

No Music

No Intervention group

Description:

Patient will not listen to music during their visit