Music During ESWL for Half Treatment

A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza70 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study is to evaluate if music listening relieves pain and discomfort during Extracorporeal Shock-Waves Lithotripsy (ESWL).

Patients undergoing ESWL and interested in music listening are randomly divided in two groups: patients in group A listen to music during the first part of the treatment (first 1800 SW), patients in group B during the second part. At the end of the treatment patients are asked to fill in a questionnaire. They are asked if they were pleased to have had the opportunity to listen to music during ESWL, if they would like to listen to music again in case of further treatments, if they consider music helpful in relieving pain and discomfort during ESWL. Patients are also asked to mark their level of pain during each part of the treatment on a visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Urolithiasis

Interventions

Music during the first part of ESWLOTHER

Music listening during first part of ESWL

Music during the second part of ESWLOTHER

Music listening during second part of ESWL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All patients undergoing ESWL from February 2011 to October 2012 and interested in music listening Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to ESWL * No interest in music listening * \< 18 years and \> 80 years

Locations (1)

AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza

Turin, Italy