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Pre-operative Stress Reduction With Music

NCT02870517 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 212

Last updated 2025-12-22

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of music, played prior to a surgical procedure, on stress levels during induction of anesthesia. Hypothesis: playing "calming" music, pre-selected by the investigator and the patient, beginning just prior to induction and terminating after induction will positively reduce the patient's heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate during this period. For this study, noise-cancelling headphones with the ability to play music via an iPod will be utilized.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Pre-operative Stress

Interventions

OTHER

Relaxing Music

Relaxing music, will be played through noise-cancelling headphones during induction of anesthesia. All of the songs used in this study will have \<60 BPM, be instrumental rather than lyrical, and utilize predictable chord progressions. Music will be divided into several themed playlists which will be focused on the type of instruments involved including guitar, steel drum, and piano. The patient will listen to the music through noise-cancelling headphones beginning fifteen minutes prior to induction and ending one minute after intubation.

OTHER

No Music

The patient will wear noise-cancelling headphones beginning fifteen minutes prior to induction and ending one minute after intubation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carolyn Barbieri, MD · Penn State College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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