The study is designed to analyze the use of music therapy to decrease pain and agitation in intubated ICU patients.
This is a randomized, prospective single-blinded placebo-controlled study of consecutive intubated ICU patients requiring anxiolytics and analgesic medications. Patients will be randomized into two groups: one group will receive music (MUSIC), whereas the other group (CONTROL) will wear headphones, but hear an audio loop of recorded ICU sounds (vent alarms, ambient noise, talking, etc). The two groups will then be analyzed for sedation and analgesia requirements; Ramsay sedation score, ICP in brain injured patients, ventilator days, ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay, mean arterial blood pressure (MAP).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
5
Participants will be provided with music through headphones
recorded ICU sounds will be provided to participants through headphones
University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California, United States
Decreased sedation and pain requirements
Time frame: maximum of 7 days from study entry while still intubated and sedated
ICU length of stay
Time frame: from admission date to ICU to discharge date from ICU while on study
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