Investigation of Pain and Anxiety During Electrodiagnostic Examination Using Self-selected Music

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01531400

Enrollment

Registered

2012-02-13

Start date

2002-12-31

Completion date

2005-11-30

Last updated

2012-03-20

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Conditions

Anxiety, Pain

Brief summary

The investigators hypothesized that self-selected music played during electrodiagnosis is effective in relieving the discomfort caused by the procedures.

Interventions

OTHERself-selected music

Investigators played self-selected background music in the music group

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Investigators recruited volunteer patient participants from patients referred to the electrodiagnosis laboratory of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in a medical center using convenient sampling. The inclusion criterion is: * adult patient with working diagnosis of possible neurological disorder and * is referred for both nerve conduction study and needle electromyography

Exclusion criteria

The

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain (Visual Analogue Scale)	baseline and after needle electromyography, to measure the change of pain

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Anxiety, assessed by Linear Analogue Anxiety Scale (LAAS)	baseline and after electromyography

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026