Impact on Postoperative Wellbeing in the Post-anaesthesia Care Anaesthesia (PACU) of Personalized Music and Beverages.

Impact on Postoperative Wellbeing in the PACU After General or Regional Anaesthesia Through Consecutive Implementation of Personalized Musical Entertainment and a Variety of Beverages. A Pre-post-post Analysis.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04082494

Enrollment

1613

Registered

2019-09-09

Start date

2019-09-02

Completion date

2020-03-16

Last updated

2020-07-21

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Conditions

Postoperative Complications, Postoperative Pain

Keywords

wellbeing, Postoperative Pain, postoperative disturbances after anaesthesia

Brief summary

Postoperative disturbances for patients' well-being in the PACU after general or spinal anaesthesia will be assessed. Influence of the offer of beverages and music will be assessed regarding their wellbeing, satisfaction and pain.

Interventions

DEVICEMusic via internet and noise canceling headphones

Optional music via internet and noise canceling headphones will be offered.

OTHERBeverages

Beverages will be optionally offered (with and without sugar, warm or cold).

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* elective stationary adult patients capable and willing of filling out the questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

* participation in other studies about wellbeing influence * incapability of filling out the questionnaire * patients that do not wish to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Postoperative Wellbeing	1 day after surgery	Assessed with the post anaesthesiological questionnaire (ANP) Wellbeing assessed with the Anaesthesiological Questionnaire (ANP) which is a self-rating method for the assessment of postoperative complaints and patient wellbeing. The rating scales from 0 to 3, with 0=none and 3=strongly. Higher wellbeing values represent a better outcome.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain assessment	approximately 2 hours after surgery	Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) in the postanaesthesia care unit. Pain will be assessed with the (verbal) Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) and statistically evaluated for differences between the two study groups. NRS scales from 1 to 10, with 1 describing the lowest pain score and 10 the highest pain score. Lower NRS describes a better outcome.
Administered milligram of opioids for pain medication	approximately 2 hours after surgery	Assessment of administered morphine equivalents
Postoperative complications in the postanaesthesia care unit	approximately 2 hours after surgery	Number of participants with following complications Delirium, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, postoperative nausea and vomiting, aspiration

Countries

Austria

Outcome results

None listed

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