NCT05491707

Effect of Music on Patients' Anxiety During Lower Limb Arthroplasty Procedures Under Spinal Anaesthesia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 105 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effect of listening to music, to a control group (no music), on peri-operative anxiety using the validated VAS-A, in patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty procedures under spinal anaesthesia.

Detailed description

Music is becoming an increasingly popular adjunct to traditional medical therapies. International studies have shown the numerous benefits of music in a medical setting. Music has been used effectively to decrease patients' anxiety under neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section. There is currently a lack of evidence supporting the use of music to reduce patients' anxiety under neuraxial anaesthesia for lower limb arthroplasty procedures. The worldwide growth of the ageing population has led to an increased demand for arthroplasty. It is imperative that the anaesthetic technique used for this procedure is both safe and is associated with high levels of patient satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of music, to a control, on peri-operative anxiety in patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty procedures under spinal anaesthesia.

Conditions

• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Music	Patients will choose a genre of music from the following list; pop, gospel, classical, jazz, and soul, at the preoperative visit. This will be played on disposable ear phones at a self-selected volume for the duration of the surgical procedure.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-04
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2023-06-15
• First posted: 2022-08-08
• Last updated: 2023-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Africa