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Can Listening to Music Through Headphones Reduce Confusion After Leg Surgery in Older People Having Leg Surgery with Numbness from the Waist Down

Effect of Perioperative Music Therapy on Delirium in Elderly Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Lower Limb Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/07/113859
Enrollment
112
Registered
2026-07-13
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical

Interventions

Intervention1: Perioperative Music Therapy: Patients will receive patient-preferred or standardized relaxing instrumental music through over-ear noise-cancelling headphones beginning 30 minutes before

Sponsors

Dr SN Medical College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 65 to 80 years. Elective lower limb orthopedic surgery. Expected surgical duration more than or equal to 90 minutes. Planned spinal anesthesia. ASA Physical Status I to III. Able to communicate in English or Hindi. Adequate hearing. Willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pre existing dementia or delirium MMSE less than 24 or clinically significant cognitive impairment Severe hearing impairment Chronic opioid use for more than 3 months Substance abuse disorder Participation in another interventional clinical trial Conversion to general anesthesia Block failure requiring rescue anesthesia

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of postoperative delirium assessed using the Confusion Assessment MethodTimepoint: At six hours twelve hours twenty four hours and forty eight hours after surgery

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Postoperative pain severity measured using Numeric Rating Scale NRSTimepoint: At six hours twelve hours twenty four hours & forty eight hours after surgery;State anxiety measured using State Trait Anxiety InventoryTimepoint: Before surgery & at six hours & forty eight hours after surgery;Total intraoperative sedative requirementTimepoint: During surgery;Patient satisfaction measured using Five point Likert ScaleTimepoint: At forty eight hours after surgery;Hospital length of stayTimepoint: At hospital discharge

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactNonglenthung R Jungio

Dr S N Medical College

drpramila82@gmail.com9468940551

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026