Music as a Complement to Pharmacological Sedation in Ventilator Treated ICU Patients.

Karlstad Central Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Music Therapy

Treatments: Behavioral: Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05602662

KarlstadCH2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Can music theraphy during mechanical ventilation in the ICU, decrease the need of pharmacological sedation? Included patients will listen to music selected by a music therapist via headphones two times one hour during two days. Effects on heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and dosing of pharmacological sedation will be observed. 100 patients will be included and radomized equally to earphones with and without music.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: In the ICU, entilator treated adults > 18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children >18 years.
• Deaf people.
• Children <18 Years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

---

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Music therapy during mechanical ventilation in the iCU.

Experimental group

Description:

Headphones with music.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music

Comparator

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Headphones only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Music