NCT06957990

Evaluation of Music Therapy for Pre-op/Intra-op During Hernia Surgery to Decrease the Need for Narcotics

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 308 (estimated)
• Sponsor: TriHealth Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if audible distraction, in the form of music, before and/or during hernia repair surgery will decrease pain post-operatively.

Detailed description

After performing a thorough review of the literature, no studies were found that examined whether having a patient listen to a genre of music of their choosing before or during surgery impacts their postoperative pain. Music is a way to relax patients and could potentially decrease pain, which is a goal of perioperative services. The current study seeks to fill the gap and examine the impact of music on pain for surgical patients undergoing a hernia repair. This study will use a randomized, double-blinded, controlled design with four arms: * Arm 1: Patient will listen to music before their surgery in pre-operative area only * Arm 2: Patient will listen to music before and during their surgery * Arm 3: Patient will listen to music during their surgery only * Arm 4: Patient will not listen to music during their visit

Conditions

• Surgery
• Pain, Postoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Music	Music of the participant's selected genre will be played through headphones according to the arm assigned.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-08
• Primary completion: 2026-12-08
• Completion: 2027-05-08
• First posted: 2025-05-06
• Last updated: 2026-02-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States