Music in Urgent and Emergent Settings

University of Florida304 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to study the impact of Live Preferential Music on the patient perception of pain and management of pain syndromes in the ED.

The purpose of this study is to study the impact of Live Preferential Music on the patient perception of pain and management of pain syndromes in the ED. This study follows a prospective experimental design where patients will be assigned to two groups: one that receives the music intervention and one that does not receive music intervention.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

304

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Pain

Interventions

Live Preferential MusicOTHER

Trained musicians will play live preferential music to ED patients who consent to participate.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 99 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age: ≥18 2. Chief complaint of musculoskeletal pain 3. Gender: Male or Female 4. Ethnicity: Any 5. Physical ability: Any 6. Language: English 7. Cognitive skill/education: grade 2 reading level or above 8. Physically and cognitively able to participate in study procedures Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who are unable to participate in the informed consent process 2. Prisoners

Locations (1)

Unversity of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain reduction

Time frame: 60 to 90 minutes

Secondary Outcomes

Cost of care

Time frame: 20 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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