Music Therapy for Post-cardiac Surgery Pain Management

Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Opioid Use

Treatments: Other: Music Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05098561

00770

Details and patient eligibility

About

Music therapy as a supplement to post surgery pain management in cardiac surgery patients following median sternotomy.

Full description

2. Specific Aims:

3. Primary Aim: To assess whether music therapy can decrease the amount of opioid type pain medications used.

   Hypothesis: Music therapy reduces the amount of opioid type pain medication used in management of post-operative pain and discomfort.

4. Secondary Aims:

i. To identify the gender and age groups of patients who can benefit from music therapy as a supplement to post-operative pain management.

Hypothesis: Majority of the population of patient benefits from music therapy as a supplement to postoperative pain management.

ii. To assess whether music therapy can increase patient satisfaction.

Hypothesis: Music therapy increases patient satisfaction.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing cardiac surgery via median sternotomy

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency cases.
• Patients with hearing impairment.
• Patients with dementia or other mental status changes.
• Patients who are clinically unstable postoperatively.
• Patients who develop postoperative complications.
• Patients who are non-English speaking.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Music treatment group

Experimental group

Description:

The nurse will set up the appropriate music genre for the each music treatment patient, based on patient's preference obtained from the pre-operative questionnaire, by using the bedside computer and using Pandora, the internet music streaming service.

Treatment:

Other: Music Treatment

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No music treatment will be used. Standard pain and comfort measure only.