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Effect of Music Therapy on Postoperative Health Outcomes

ConditionMusic Therapy
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorCairo University

About this trial

Patients underwent surgical procedure experiences acute postoperative pain, but less than half report adequate postoperative pain relief. The poor management of pain after surgery is associated with inadequate sleep and poor mood. Music therapy is described as a non-pharmacological technique to accomplish individualized patient's goals for hospital treatment. Music has been used as a healing approach. In Saudi Arabia, there is a lack of evidence related to the effect of music therapy on pain and sleep among patients who underwent abdominal surgery. Studies are needed to address additional aspects of pain management and the promotion of sleep among Saudi adult postoperative people by using non-pharmacological modalities.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adult patients, including both sexes and aged between18-60 years.

Had an abdominal surgery.

Give informed consent and are hemodynamically stabilized.

Willing to receive music therapy for three consecutive postoperative days by using Headset.

Disqualifiers

Hearing deficit.

History of chronic pain.

Metastasis cancer, on narcotic medication.

Dementia, or psychiatric diagnosis

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Music therapy

    Other intervention

    The intervention is listening to selected prerecorded music, specific Raga, on the individual CD player.

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Study groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain Numeric Rating Scale (PNRS)

The Pain Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a standardized scale, which measures pain severity. The Pain Numeric Rating Scale (PNRS) is a numeric version of the VAS. The PNRS has a single 11-point numeric scale in which respondents select a number from 0 (no pain) to 10 (severe pain) that reflects their pain severity. The PNRS has a high test-retest reliability in both literate and illiterate patients (r = 0.96 \& 0.95, respectively). Therefore, the PNRS will be used in this study to assess the pain severity.

Time frame
3 days
2

Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)

The ISI is a widely used scale to evaluate insomnia. It consists of seven items; each item has a score of (0-4), where zero indicates no disturbance and four indicates very severe disturbance. The scale score gives four categories: no insomnia = 0-7; sub-threshold insomnia = 8-14; moderate insomnia = 15-21; and severe insomnia = 22-28. The Arabic ISI has ascertained satisfactory validity and reliability with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.84.

Time frame
3 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Opinions Questions Regarding music therapy

This section has questions related to the participants' perspective regarding benefit in listening to music therapy during postoperative period in terms of reducing pain and improving sleep quality. There will be five questions which will evaluate the effect of music therapy in reducing pain and promoting sleep. This Question will be asked only to the participants in the experimental group at the end of the data collection. The questions are open ended or with dichotomous response (Yes or No). The results will be presented as percentage or frequency. There is no high or low answer, the score just reflects the participant's opinion on music as a therapy for reduce pain and improve sleep condition.

Time frame
3 days

Other outcomes

Locations

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Sponsors and contacts

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Cairo University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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