Music:ED
Research type
Research Study
Full title
iMpact of therapeUtic live muSic on pain and distress levels during Interventions within the paediatric Emergency Department.
IRAS ID
255890
Contact name
Charlotte Durand
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 0 days
Research summary
The Emergency Department (ED) can be stressful and traumatic, especially for children and young people, and the clinical environment can be a frightening, unfamiliar space, which adds to an already distressing experience.
Musicians from Cascade Music, who have an established track record of working with the Paediatric ED, will provide recruited participants in the experimental arm with high-quality calming, distracting music during selected procedures. A wide range of music will be used, ranging from nursery rhymes to classical to pop tunes, to engage with and comfort children, taking their attention away from their immediate pain or distress. Pain scores throughout the procedure will be self-assessed by patients (if old enough to use a self assessment tool i.e. 3 years and above) as well as observed pain by a Research Nurse. Qualitative data on the child's distress and the experiences of patients, families and staff will also be collected. Participants recruited to the control arm will complete the same measures but receive no live music.REC name
South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/SC/0020
Date of REC Opinion
24 Jan 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion