The Effects of Binaural Beats on Pain, Anxiety, and Procedure Tolerance in Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy Without Sedation

Dr Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Satisfaction; Tolerance; Anxiety State

Treatments: Other: binaural music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06187233

colonoscopybinaural

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of binaural beats on anxiety, pain and tolerance during colonoscopy without sedation

Full description

It is a prospective randomized, controlled, single-blind procedural study included 92 Turkish patients aged 18-70 years old scheduled for colonoscopy regardless of sex or underlying disease. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: the binaural beat music group(n=46) and the control group(n=46). The binaural music group listened to music through headphones during colonoscopy, while the control group had headphones without music. Anxiety levels (VAS-Anxiety scale) were measured both before and after the procedure, and pain levels (VAS-pain) were measured following the procedure. Hemodynamic changes before and after endoscopy , procedure tolerance (using modified gloucester comfort scale), cecal insertion and withdrawal times, polyp detection rate, and patients' experiences related to colonoscopy were recorded. Likert scales were collected as well just after the colonoscopy procedure, indicating satisfaction and willingness to repeat the process.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Between 18-70 years old who had scheduled colonoscopy appointments

Exclusion criteria

• Anxiety and panic disorders
• Urgent endoscopic intervention
• Advanced dementia
• Hearing problems
• Anatomical or inflammatory disorders in the external ear canals

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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92 participants in 2 patient groups

binaural music group

Experimental group

Description:

The music group listened to music containing binaural beats during the colonoscopy

Treatment:

Other: binaural music

control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group had headphones without sound during the procedure.