NCT05263635

Music Therapy in the Treatment of Perioperative Anxiety and Pain

Completed NA Last updated 4 April 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Music therapy in Pain, Post Operative in 80 participants. Completed in 21 August 2023.

Timeline

5 May 2022

Primary endpoint
21 August 2023

21 August 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Pittsburgh
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	80
Start date	5 May 2022
Primary completion	21 August 2023
Estimated completion	21 August 2023
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Music therapy
• Standard of Care Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)

Conditions studied

• Pain, Post Operative — all drugs for Pain, Post Operative →
• Anxiety — all drugs for Anxiety →
• Opioid Use — all drugs for Opioid Use →

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Who can join

Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Pain, Post Operative or Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

A large number of adults who undergo surgery experience perioperative anxiety and pain. The current recommended approach to perioperative pain management is a multimodal approach including opioids. Evidence has demonstrated that the pharmacological management of pain and anxiety is often associated with side effects which limits patient satisfaction and their ability to be discharged from the hospital. Furthermore, it is established that perioperative level of pain is directly correlated to anxiety, depression, and catastrophizing and these are significant predictors for the level of postoperative pain, as well as at the hospital length of stay. Therefore, considerations have been given to the use of non-pharmaceutical complementary approaches to management of anxiety including pre and postoperative use of music. The benefits of music therapy on anxiety has been reported using several surgical models and conditions in adults (cancer, hysterectomy in cancer) and children, prior to surgery and after. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of music interventions on anxiety and pain in adult populations undergoing diverse types of minor surgery indicate that music therapy significantly reduces both post operative anxiety and pain in adults receiving music interventions before, during, or after surgery.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Music-Based Therapy for the Treatment of Perioperative Anxiety and Pain-A Randomized, Prospective Clinical Trial.
   Goel SK, Kim V, Kearns J, Sabo D, et al · · 2024 · cited 7× · PMID 39458090 · DOI 10.3390/jcm13206139