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 ESWL treatment, patients in group B do not. 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
150
Music listening during ESWL
AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza
Turin, Italy
change in VAS score
Visual analogue scale (VAS) - 0 to 10, higher values, worse pain
Time frame: 10 mins after SWL treatment completed
change in Soundwave voltage (kV)
change in Soundwave voltage (kV)
Time frame: 10 mins after SWL treatment completed
change in analgesic request
change in analgesic request
Time frame: 10 mins after SWL treatment completed
change in requested interruptions
change in requested interruptions
Time frame: 10 mins after SWL treatment completed
change in Soundwave number
change in Soundwave number
Time frame: 10 mins after SWL treatment completed
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