The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn if musical intervention can reduce anxiety on patients and doctors in the appointment period. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can music reduce the psychological symptoms of anxiety at the end of the appointment? Can music reduce heart rate and blood pressure at the end of the appointment? Researchers will compare if the presence of zen music during the appointment influences anxiety levels. Participants in the intervention group will listen to music during the appointment. Those in the control group will not have music in the office during the appointment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
70
We conducted a quasi-randomized controlled clinical trial with two groups: Intervention Group (I), which corresponded to patients and doctors who underwent the period of musical listening in the office; and the Control Group (C), composed of patients and doctors who did not undergo the period of musical listening.
Cátia Valesca Nunes Solis
Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal
Anxiety
Participants achieved a response if they scored of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory reduze in the end of the appointment. STAI scores are classified as "no or low anxiety" (20-37), "moderate anxiety" (38-44), and "high anxiety" (45-80).
Time frame: 16 weeks
Heart rate
Participants achieved a response if the heart rate reduze in the end of the appointment
Time frame: 16 weeks
Blood Pressure
Participants achieved a response if the systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduze in the end of the appointment
Time frame: 16 weeks
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