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

ConditionMusic Therapy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorKarlstad Central Hospital

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Children >18 years.

Deaf people.

Children <18 Years

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Music

    Behavioral

    Music therapy during mechanical ventilation

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Music therapy during mechanical ventilation in the iCU.Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ComparatorSham comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Changed dose of sedatives,

Change of sedative treatment during mechanical ventilation.

Time frame
2 times one hour

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Karlstad Central Hospital

Lead sponsor

Uppsala University Hospital

Collaborator

University Hospital of Gothenburg Sweden

Collaborator

Central Hospital of Gävle, Sweden

Collaborator

Central Hospital of Falun Sweden

Collaborator

University Hospital of Örebro Sweden

Collaborator