The purpose of this study is to assess whether listening to music during surgery has an effect on pain or anxiety after surgery.
After being informed about the study and potential risks and meeting eligibility criteria, all patients giving written informed consent will be scheduled for their hernia repair surgery. On the day of surgery, patients will be randomized in a double-blind manner (participant and investigator) in a 1:1 ratio to listen to patient-chosen music during their surgery via headphones or just listen to silence via headphones. Pain and anxiety will then be assessed after surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
321
Music played into headphones.
Silence into headphones.
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Post operative Pain
Pain scores will be assessed using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS-11); The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. "no pain") to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. "pain as bad as you can imagine" or "worst pain imaginable")
Time frame: At 24 hours (+- 3 hours) after surgery end time.
Post operative Anxiety
Anxiety scores will be assessed using State Trait Anxiety Index-6 (STAI-6) Anxiety tool (a 6 question patient-reported anxiety assessment). The higher the total, the greater the anxiety is.
Time frame: At 24 hours (+- 3 hours) after surgery end time.
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