Music and Local Anesthesia During Dermatologic Procedures

The Washington University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Anxiety

Pain

Treatments

Other: Music

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04317170

201812098

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the study is to determine the effect of classical music on participants pain and anxiety associated with lidocaine administration during routine standard of care dermatologic procedures.

Full description

The study is a randomized, unblinded, prospective, single center clinical trial. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of a music intervention in reducing anxiety and pain from local anesthesia administration in subjects undergoing a routine, standard of care dermatologic procedure. The study population will consist of 100 adult subjects undergoing a dermatologic procedure on the head and neck. Subjects will be randomized 1:1 into either the placebo or music intervention group.

Individuals randomized into the placebo (P) group will undergo a set of standardized steps prior to local anesthesia injection. Other factors such as skin preparation technique, needle size, anesthesia temperature, use of unbuffered solution, needle angle and approximate depth of injection will remain standardized. Individuals randomized into the music intervention (MI) group will undergo the same set of standardized steps and then be played Frederic Chopin's piano sonatas through a headphone device prior to injection. After local anesthesia administration, subjects in both treatment arms will be asked to fill out a demographics, pain and anxiety questionnaire.

Enrollment

100 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 89 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Subjects undergoing dermatologic procedures on the head and neck
Ages 18-89 years old
English speaking
Willingness and the ability to understand and provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Subjects who are allergic to lidocaine
History of bleeding tendency or coagulopathy
Pregnant or lactating
Active skin infection in the treatment area
Active cancer diagnosis
Unable to understand the protocol or give informed consent
Any other condition, in the professional opinion of the investigator, that would potentially affect response or participation in the clinical study, or would pose as an unacceptable risk to the subject