NCT06008951

The Influence of Music Choice on Pain Tolerance in the Context of Social Background

The Influence of Music Choice on Pain Tolerance in the Context of Social Background in Healthy Volunteers: the MOSART Trial - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Markus Klimek · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will investigate the effect of different music on the pain tolerance during an increasing electric stimulus in healthy individuals, taking social background into account.

Detailed description

The implementation of music in health care settings has shown promising results in alleviating stress, anxiety, and pain-related outcomes. However, the heterogeneity in music selection and characteristics across clinical trials has made it difficult to draw direct comparisons between different music interventions. Additionally, the influence of social background on music perception remains largely unexplored, despite its potential significance. Therefore, a collaboration of medical and sociological experts propose a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of two different music interventions on pain tolerance, taking into account the participants' social backgrounds. The primary objective of this study is to assess the impact of self-chosen and researcher-chosen music compared to a control intervention (podcast) on pain tolerance among healthy female volunteers at the outpatient clinic of the Center of Pain Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam.

Conditions

• Pain
• Analgesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Listening to music	All participants will listen to self-chosen or researcher-chosen music with noise-cancelling headphones (JBL Tune 770NC). The music will be administered for 20 minutes before participants receive increasing electric pain stimuli.
OTHER	Listening to a podcast	ln the control condition, participants will listen to a podcast with noise-cancelling headphones (JBL Tune 770NC). The podcast will be administered for 20 minutes before participants receive increasing electric pain stimuli.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-30
• Primary completion: 2024-11-15
• Completion: 2024-11-15
• First posted: 2023-08-24
• Last updated: 2025-01-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Netherlands