Investigation of Pain and Anxiety During Electrodiagnostic Examination Using Self-selected Music

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital61 enrolled

Overview

The investigators hypothesized that self-selected music played during electrodiagnosis is effective in relieving the discomfort caused by the procedures.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pain Anxiety

Interventions

self-selected musicOTHER

Investigators played self-selected background music in the music group

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Investigators recruited volunteer patient participants from patients referred to the electrodiagnosis laboratory of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in a medical center using convenient sampling. The inclusion criterion is: * adult patient with working diagnosis of possible neurological disorder and * is referred for both nerve conduction study and needle electromyography Exclusion Criteria: The exclusion criteria are: * conscious disturbances, * cognitive impairment, or * language dysfunction.

Locations (1)

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain (Visual Analogue Scale)

Time frame: baseline and after needle electromyography, to measure the "change" of pain

Secondary Outcomes

Anxiety, assessed by Linear Analogue Anxiety Scale (LAAS)

Time frame: baseline and after electromyography

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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