The Effect of Music on Postoperative Anxiety

Ankara Diskapi Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Postoperative

Treatments: Other: No music; Other: Patient preferential music; Other: Classical music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04277559

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Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, it is planned to compare the effect of listening to the music preferred by the patient and classical music on postoperative anxiety.

Full description

Preoperative anxiety can be detected via structured and standardized screening by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) I and II. 225 patients scheduled for inguinal hernia surgery for any reason in the age range of 18-70 will be included in our study. Preoperative STAI I and II score (anxiety questionnaire) will be applied to each patient. The patients will be divided into three groups as preoperative patient preferential music, classical music and not played. The patient favorite music track and singer without limiting the kind of music or classical music will be played through the headphones. The STAI will be repeated at postoperative, the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and patient satisfaction will be measured at postoperative.

Enrollment: 225 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergo inguinal hernia surgery under general anesthesia,
• Being the ability to speak, read and write the Turkish language

Exclusion criteria

• Poor vision
• Significant hearing loss
• Dementia
• Active opioid use
• Regular use of anxiolytics or discontinuation of them on the day of surgery
• Unwillingness to participate in the study
• Unwillingness to listening to music

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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225 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Patient preferential music

Active Comparator group

Description:

The preference of the patients will be listened to preoperatively through the headphones.

Treatment:

Other: Patient preferential music

Classical music

Active Comparator group

Description:

Classical music (Four Seasons from Vivaldi) will be listened to preoperatively through the headphones.

Treatment:

Other: Classical music

No music

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

the patients will not listen.

Treatment:

Other: No music