Evaluation of the Analgesic Effect of Music Therapy in Critically Ill Patients During Potentially Painful Nursing Procedures: a Pilot Study (Painkiller)

Versailles Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Other: music therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02883959

12/18_Painkiller

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain is a common problem encountered in about 60 % of critically ill patients who can communicate. Its occurrence can be related to several causes, mainly dominated by invasive procedures.

Pain management is typically based on a combination of prevention, evaluation, and therapeutic agents. However, it appears important to develop adjuvant approaches. Music therapy is one of them and that has been evaluated in various medical conditions.

The aim of our study is to evaluate the analgesic effect of music therapy in critically ill patients during potentially painful nursing procedures.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All adult patients (age≥18 years) hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit
• Requiring mechanical ventilation
• Who cannot communicate
• With a Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) score [-3; +4]

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years
• Receiving neuromuscular blockade

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

music therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Music therapy

Treatment:

Other: music therapy

control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

No music