NCT02455128

Therapeutic Listening in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

The Influence of Therapeutic Listening on Anxiety and Fear Related to Surgery in Patients Preoperatively of Colorectal Surgery: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial that aims to investigate the effect of therapeutic listening anxiety and preoperative fear of patients hospitalized for surgical treatment of colorectal cancer. Physiological variables will be evaluated (heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate), cortisol and salivary amylase and anxiety scores by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and fear for Surgery Fear Questionnaire. The data of the variables will be compared at two different times (before and after the intervention).

Detailed description

To calculate the sample size was chosen when using numerical scale IDATE. Considering that you want to detect a difference of 10 points (δ) in the range with a significance level of 5% (Z1-α = 1.96), a power of 80% (Z1-β = 1.96). The result obtained was 25 subjects for each group. Information related to variances of control and intervention groups were obtained through the pilot study and a correlation of 0.5 was assumed.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Fear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Therapeutic listening	Method of responding to others in order to encourage better communication and clearer understanding of personal concerns.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2015-05-27
• Last updated: 2017-08-15