NCT04091607

Using Music During Lumbar Medial Branch Block Procedure

An Evaluation of Pain, Anxiety, Desire for Repeat Procedure, and Satisfaction Utilizing Music Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Patients During Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks"

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if music therapy during interventional lumbar medial branch blocks for chronic lower back pain will lower pain scores and anxiety levels, while increasing patient desire for repeat procedure as well as patient satisfaction.

Detailed description

Subjects will be put into 1 of 2 groups, Music or the Control Group (no music). The music group will listen to patient's preferred music on Pandora station broadcast using Headphones or Wireless Earbuds with Tablet or Computer. Hearing impaired patients will have an option of non-earbud headphones. . Earbuds or headphones will be used regardless of music therapy playing. . The control group will be provided earbuds or alternative headphone as well, however, with no music. The sound environment will be standardized for procedure by closing procedure room door and minimizing extraneous sounds (i.e. from equipment, alarms, etc.,).

Conditions

• Lower Back Pain
• Lumbar Spondylosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Music Therapy	Subject will listen to Music using provided ear buds or headphones.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-11-15
• Primary completion: 2022-05-23
• Completion: 2022-05-23
• First posted: 2019-09-17
• Last updated: 2022-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States