Music as a Complement to Pharmacological Sedation in Ventilator Treated ICU Patients.

Karlstad Central Hospital100 enrolled

Overview

Can music theraphy during mechanical ventilation in the ICU, decrease the need of pharmacological sedation? Included patients will listen to music selected by a music therapist via headphones two times one hour during two days. Effects on heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and dosing of pharmacological sedation will be observed. 100 patients will be included and radomized equally to earphones with and without music.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Music Therapy

Interventions

MusicBEHAVIORAL

Music therapy during mechanical ventilation

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 100 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: In the ICU, entilator treated adults \> 18 years. \- Exclusion Criteria: * Children \>18 years. * Deaf people. * Children \<18 Years

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesia & Intensive Care

Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Changed dose of sedatives,

Change of sedative treatment during mechanical ventilation.

Time frame: 2 times one hour

Central Contacts

Ragnar N Henningsson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

CONTACT

+46708707524 ragnar.henningsson@regionvarmland.se

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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