NCT05098561

Music Therapy for Post-cardiac Surgery Pain Management

Music Therapy as a Supplement to Post Surgery Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery Patient Following Median Sternotomy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Music therapy as a supplement to post surgery pain management in cardiac surgery patients following median sternotomy.

Detailed description

2\. Specific Aims: 1. Primary Aim: To assess whether music therapy can decrease the amount of opioid type pain medications used. Hypothesis: Music therapy reduces the amount of opioid type pain medication used in management of post-operative pain and discomfort. 2. Secondary Aims: i. To identify the gender and age groups of patients who can benefit from music therapy as a supplement to post-operative pain management. Hypothesis: Majority of the population of patient benefits from music therapy as a supplement to postoperative pain management. ii. To assess whether music therapy can increase patient satisfaction. Hypothesis: Music therapy increases patient satisfaction.

Conditions

• Opioid Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Music Treatment	The nurse will set up the appropriate music genre for the each music treatment patient, based on patient's preference obtained from the pre-operative questionnaire, by using the bedside computer and using Pandora, the internet music streaming service.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-15
• Primary completion: 2024-09-15
• Completion: 2024-09-15
• First posted: 2021-10-28
• Last updated: 2026-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States