Patients who undergo outpatient surgery according to normal practice will be divided into two groups. The first group (17 patients), before and after their surgery, will listen to relaxing music, namely a slower tempo music that can quiet mind and make patients feel soothed. The second group (17 patients) will follow the standard surgical pathways according to normal clinical practice, in particular they will not listen to relaxing music. A questionnaire to evaluate stress and satisfaction will be administered to all the patients before their discharge
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
34
slower tempo music that can quiet mind and make patients feel soothed
Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale
Bellinzona, Switzerland
Concern
Concern (measured on the validated Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction -LPPS - questionnaire for the perioperative patients' satisfaction). This questionnaire assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care. Patients are asked to score each question on a fivepoint scale (from 1 - corresponding to the worse outcome to 5 - the best outcome)
Time frame: during hospitalization, 1 day
Personal satisfaction
In hospital satisfaction (measured on the validated Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction -LPPS - questionnaire for the perioperative patients' satisfaction. This questionnaire assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care. Patients are asked to score each question on a fivepoint scale (from 1 - corresponding to the worse outcome to 5 - the best outcome)
Time frame: during hospitalization, 1 day
Length of hospital stay
number of hours the participant is being hospitalized
Time frame: during hospitalization, 1 day
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