Music therapy as a supplement to post surgery pain management in cardiac surgery patients following median sternotomy.
2\. Specific Aims: 1. Primary Aim: To assess whether music therapy can decrease the amount of opioid type pain medications used. Hypothesis: Music therapy reduces the amount of opioid type pain medication used in management of post-operative pain and discomfort. 2. Secondary Aims: i. To identify the gender and age groups of patients who can benefit from music therapy as a supplement to post-operative pain management. Hypothesis: Majority of the population of patient benefits from music therapy as a supplement to postoperative pain management. ii. To assess whether music therapy can increase patient satisfaction. Hypothesis: Music therapy increases patient satisfaction.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
The nurse will set up the appropriate music genre for the each music treatment patient, based on patient's preference obtained from the pre-operative questionnaire, by using the bedside computer and using Pandora, the internet music streaming service.
Steward St. Elizabeth medical Center
Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGThe amount of Opioid type pain medication used
To assess whether the use of music therapy can decrease the amount of opioid type pain medications used.
Time frame: In the immediate post operative period, while patient still in the ICU
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