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Intraoperative Music Application and Postoperative Behaviour in Children and Adolescents.

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University of Zurich (UZH)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Postoperative Behaviour

Treatments

Drug: a caudal block
Other: music application
Other: only headphones

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02339298
Music study StV 10/09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether intraoperative music application has a positive impact on postoperative behavior in children and adolescents.

Full description

After induction of anesthesia, paralyzation of the patient and subsequent intubation, a caudal block is applied. After positioning of the patient, headphones are placed on the patients head and in case of the interventional group, music is played. Previously, the volume of the music is adjusted to a range from 50 to 60 decibel. Headphones are removed before extubation.

Postoperative behaviour is evaluated by parents and by caretaking personnel in the recovery room at arrival, after 15 minutes and before discharge to the ward and at home by parents after one, two and four weeks using questionnaires.

sample size calculation: n = minimal number of required probands π = 70% (proportion of interest) → 0.7 π0 = 50% (null hypothesis proportion) → 0.5 μ = (100% - 90%power) → 1.28 v = 1.96 (level of significance p=0.05)

n > [ μ√ π(1- π) + v√ π0(1- π0)]2 / (π - π0) n > 61.4 + correction for drop-outs (+10%) n = 70 per group → 140 probands in total

Enrollment

140 patients

Sex

All

Ages

4 to 16 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • age: 4-16 years
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status of 1 and 2
  • elective inguinal herniotomy or circumcision
  • general anaesthesia with sevoflurane and caudal block
  • written informed consent available

Exclusion criteria

  • age <4 or >16.99 years
  • ASA physical status of 3 or higher
  • emergency surgery
  • no general anaesthesia with sevoflurane or/and caudal block
  • no written informed consent available

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

140 participants in 2 patient groups

Music group
Active Comparator group
Description:
music application
Treatment:
Drug: a caudal block
Other: music application
Control group
Sham Comparator group
Description:
only headphones
Treatment:
Drug: a caudal block
Other: only headphones

Trial contacts and locations

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