The Use of Music as Pain Therapy in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Day Care Unit

Randers Regional Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Fatigue; Pain; Ponv

Treatments: Device: music pillow; Device: pillow without music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00772226

20080031

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is undertaken to investigate whether relaxing music therapy before, during and after laparoscopic cholecystectomy has any effect on pain, PONV or fatigue and level of stress as measured by Cortisol and C reactive protein.

Patients will be scored according to those endpoints 1 and 3 hours after surgery and on day 1 and 7 post-OP.

Enrollment: 204 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients going for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Age below 18,
• Use of NSAID, morphine, steroids
• Disability
• Previous surgery in the past month
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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204 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

music

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: music pillow

Pillow without music

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: pillow without music