Music for Pain in the Waiting Room

Florida State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain, Acute

Treatments: Behavioral: Instrumental Music; Behavioral: Lyrical Music; Behavioral: Pain Coping Information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06511843

STUDY00005296

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single-site, three-arm, parallel-group randomized clinical trial (RCT). The clinical effects of two, 4-minute, audio-recorded, music interventions (one with lyrics and the other without) for orthopedic patients will be investigated relative to a 4-minute audio-recoding about pain psychoeducation.

Enrollment: 225 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥18
• Seeking treatment at the Tallahassee Orthopedic Center

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment preventing completion of study procedures.
• Other unstable illness judged by research staff to interfere with study involvement.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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225 participants in 3 patient groups

Pain Coping Information

Active Comparator group

Description:

A 4-minute audio recording about common pain coping techniques (e.g., ice, rest, medication, surgery).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pain Coping Information

Lyrical music

Experimental group

Description:

A 4-minute audio recording of Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" sung by Rufus Wainwright with choral accompaniment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lyrical Music

Instrumental Music

Experimental group

Description:

A 4-minute audio recording of instrumental, theta wave music.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Instrumental Music