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NCT07206186
Effect of Music on Patient Comfort
NA trial testing Music in Perioperative Anxiety in 100 participants. Currently enrolling.
1 May 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Medical University of Vienna |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | supportive care |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Start date | 5 June 2025 |
| Primary completion | 1 May 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 1 September 2026 |
| Sites | 1 location across Austria |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Music
Conditions studied
- Perioperative Anxiety — all drugs for Perioperative Anxiety →
Sponsor
Medical University of Vienna
Who can join
Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Perioperative Anxiety. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Perioperative anxiety remains a prevalent and significant concern for patients undergoing surgery, with substantial impacts on postoperative pain perception, patient satisfaction and recovery. Historically, anxiolytics (e.g. benzodiazepines) were often routinely administered preoperatively in this context, accepting the potential negative side effects of pharmacotherapy. In recent literature, there is an increasing focus on alternative, non-pharmacological methods for anxiety reduction, such as music, music therapy, virtual reality, and hypnosis. Music can represent an effective and cost-efficient option to reduce perioperative anxiety and stress. Most randomized controlled trials on this topic (music group vs. non-music group) have been conducted in pediatric patient populations, often showing significant results (i.e. significantly less anxiety in the music group, measured using standardized scales or inventories). In adult patient populations, considerably fewer randomized controlled trials with music interventions for perioperative anxiety reduction have been conducted so far. This study aims to evaluate the role of music during anesthesia induction and emergence for perioperative anxiety reduction in a randomized controlled trial. Patients will be randomized preoperatively into either the intervention group (50 patients, music) or the control group (50 patients, no music), and a baseline level of preoperative anxiety will be assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). In the intervention group, music of the patient's choice will be played starting from their arrival in the operating room during anesthesia induction, and again after the end of surgery during emergence from anesthesia. Afterwards, the effects of the music intervention on the patients' subjective well-being will be assessed in the intervention group postoperatively before discharge from the recovery room using four specific questions. In both groups, the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) portion of the STAI will also be administered and the results compared. In addition, the NASA Task Load Index will be administered to the attending anesthesiologists in both groups to evaluate whether the subjective workload of the anesthesiologists changes as a result of the music intervention.
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Medical University of Vienna
- Last refreshed: 3 October 2025
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