Effect of Music on Patients in Intensive Care Units

MetroHealth Medical Center

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of patient-preferred music, relaxation music, and standard care environment on patients in intensive care units.

This study is a prospective randomized clinical trial. The purpose of this 4-stage study is to explore the effects of patient-preferred music, relaxation music, and standard care environment on patients in intensive care units. Stage 1: Recommendation of relaxation music by music therapists who serves as expert panel Stage 2: Analysis of recommended relaxation music by music therapists Stage 3: Content validation of relaxation music by healthy adults Stage 4: Comparison of patients' physiological, psychological, and biological responses to patient-preferred music, relaxation music, and standard care environment

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Conditions

Intensive Care Unit

Interventions

Patient-preferred musicOTHER

Music of patients' preference

Relaxation MusicOTHER

Relaxation music compiled from results of first three stages of study

Standard Care EnvironmentOTHER

Control, no interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Communicative (non-intubated, non-sedated) * At least three days of admission (excluding day of admission) * 18 years or older * Mean arterial blood pressure equal or greater than 65 throughout study * Mean SpO2 equal or greater than 90 throughout study * Glasgow coma scale equal or greater than 14 * Bilirubin level less than 5 * Ammonia level less than 1 * Hematocrit level greater than 15 * BUN equal or less than 100 Non-communicative (intubated, sedated) * At least three days of admission (excluding day of admission) * 18 years or older * Mean arterial blood pressure equal or greater than 65 throughout study * Mean SpO2 equal or greater than 90 throughout study * Glasgow coma scale equal or greater than 10 * Bilirubin level less than 5 * Ammonia level less than 1 * Hematocrit level greater than 15 * BUN equal or less than 100 Exclusion Criteria: Communicative (non-intubated, non-sedated) * Patients admitted for or less than 3 days * Patients with hearing impairments * Patients with neurological impairments that might impair their ability to process information * Patients on glucocorticoid medications * Patients with mental health diagnoses and currently experiencing active psychosis such as hallucinations and/or delusions * Patient's condition altered dramatically over the 3 days of research Non-communicative (intubated, sedated) * Patients admitted for or less than 3 days * Patients with hearing impairments * Patients with neurological impairments that might impair their ability to process information * Patients on glucocorticoid medications * Patients with mental health diagnoses and currently experiencing active psychosis such as hallucinations and/or delusions * Patient's condition altered dramatically over the 3 days of research

Locations (1)

MetroHealth Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States