The Effects of Patient-Controlled Music Therapy on Post-Operative Pain
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Effects of Patient-Controlled Music Therapy on Post-Operative Pain, Anaesthetic Recovery and Patient Satisfaction
IRAS ID
199400
Contact name
Shondipon Laha
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 23 days
Research summary
Title: The Effects of Patient-Controlled Music Therapy on Post-Operative Pain, Anaesthetic Recovery and Patient Satisfaction
Rationale: Music played pre-operatively has been shown to reduce pain and anxiety levels. When individuals believe they are able to control the events which affect them, this improves recovery from illness and psychological well-being. This study aims to identify whether playing the patient's choice of music pre-operatively is more effective in reducing post-operative pain than classical music. This could be a cost-effective and practical measure to improve patients experiences and outcomes when undergoing surgical procedures.
Design: This is a non-blinded, randomised controlled trial taking place in a large NHS foundation Trust in the Northwest of England in May 2016.
Population: Patients scheduled for a non-complex surgical procedure which will be performed under a general anasethetic and whose hospital stay is not expected to be longer than 48 hours.
Recruitment: Patients will be given study information by the clinical and research teams at pre-operative clinic, in the month prior to their scheduled surgery. If willing, they will be contacted by telephone by the research team in the days following their clinic appointment to see if they wish to take part in the study and to select their choice of music to be played during the procedure should they be randomised to the intervention group. On the day they are admitted for their scheduled surgery, written informed consent to take part will be taken and they will be randomised by a computer system.
Intervention: Patients will be played music in the anaesthetic room prior to and during the induction of their anaesthesia. Control group patients will be played researcher selected classical music. Intervention group patients will be played their own selected music choices. All participants will be asked to complete questionnaires to record their pain scores, and satisfaction pre- and post-operatively.
REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 2
REC reference
16/ES/0062
Date of REC Opinion
2 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion