About this trial
The purpose of this study is to examine if patients have a lower anxiety level during wide awake hand surgery while listening to their choice of music vs standardized relaxation music. Patients who are planning to undergo wide awake (local anesthetic only hand surgery) and agree to participate will be randomized to either a music intervention where they listen to their choice of music genre or standardized relaxation music during their time in the operating room. 170 participants will be enrolled and can expect to be on study for 2 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adult (18 years of age or older) patients
Undergoing Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery
Disqualifiers
Patients under the age of 18
Patients unable to consent for themselves
Patients unwilling to consent
Non-English speaking patients
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Standardized Relaxation Music
Other interventionParticipants listen to standardized relaxation music during surgery.
Personal Choice of Music
Other interventionParticipants listen to their preferred music during surgery.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Change in Visual Analog Scale-Anxiety (VAS-A) Score
The VAS-A is scored from 0-10 where 0 is 'feeling calm' and 10 is 'extremely anxious'.
Change in State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Score
The STAI is a 20-item questionnaire (form Y-1) scored on a 4 point likert scale where 1 is 'not at all', 2 is 'somewhat', 3 is 'moderately so', and 4 is 'very much so' for a total possible range of scores from 20-80 where higher scores indicate increased anxiety.
Secondary outcomes
Participant Heart Rate
Participant Systolic Blood Pressure
Participant Diastolic Blood Pressure
Participant Respiratory Rate
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