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Study Exploring the Effect of Music on Pain After Ventral Hernia Surgery

The Effect of Music on Pain in Patients Undergoing Ventral Hernia Repair With Mesh: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05374096
Enrollment
321
Registered
2022-05-16
Start date
2022-06-13
Completion date
2023-07-17
Last updated
2023-07-21

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

Conditions

Anxiety, Hernia Abdominal Wall, Postoperative Pain, Acute, Surgery, Ventral Hernia

Keywords

Music

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess whether listening to music during surgery has an effect on pain or anxiety after surgery.

Detailed description

After being informed about the study and potential risks and meeting eligibility criteria, all patients giving written informed consent will be scheduled for their hernia repair surgery. On the day of surgery, patients will be randomized in a double-blind manner (participant and investigator) in a 1:1 ratio to listen to patient-chosen music during their surgery via headphones or just listen to silence via headphones. Pain and anxiety will then be assessed after surgery.

Interventions

OTHERPatient-Chosen Music

Music played into headphones.

OTHERPlacebo

Silence into headphones.

Sponsors

The Cleveland Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Adults having open retromuscular ventral hernia repair with mesh, with or without myofascial release for a hernia width ≤ 20 cm 2. Adults having open flank hernia repair that requires a myofascial release with mesh 3. Adults having parastomal hernia repair with mesh

Exclusion criteria

1. Primary language other than English, or lack of English language fluency 2. Hearing impairment, with or without use of hearing aids 3. Neurologic condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, may preclude accurate assessment of postoperative pain and anxiety 4. Patients who will remain intubated after surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Post operative PainAt 24 hours (+- 3 hours) after surgery end time.Pain scores will be assessed using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS-11); The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. no pain) to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. pain as bad as you can imagine or worst pain imaginable)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Post operative AnxietyAt 24 hours (+- 3 hours) after surgery end time.Anxiety scores will be assessed using State Trait Anxiety Index-6 (STAI-6) Anxiety tool (a 6 question patient-reported anxiety assessment). The higher the total, the greater the anxiety is.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Post operative Anxiety - 3 daysCollected at 3 time points after surgery end time - 24 hours (+- 3 hours), 48 hours (+-3 hours) and 72 hours (+-3 hours)Anxiety scores will be assessed using State Trait Anxiety Index-6 (STAI-6) Anxiety tool (a 6 question patient-reported anxiety assessment). The higher the total, the greater the anxiety is.
Post operative opioid consumptionDuring the first 72 hours after surgery end time.Cumulative opioid consumption converted into morphine milligram equivalents.
Intraoperative sedative useFrom induction of anesthesia to arrival in the post anesthesia care unit on the day of procedureTotal number of intravenous and inhaled anesthetics, benzodiazepines, and opioid medications.
Post operative Pain - cumulativeWill be collected repeatedly by nursing staff per nursing protocol for the first 24 hours after surgery end time.Pain scores will be assessed using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS-11); The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. no pain) to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. pain as bad as you can imagine or worst pain imaginable)
Post operative Pain - 3 daysCollected at 3 time points after surgery end time - 24 hours (+- 3 hours), 48 hours (+-3 hours) and 72 hours (+-3 hours)Pain scores will be assessed using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NRS-11); The 11-point numeric scale ranges from '0' representing one pain extreme (e.g. no pain) to '10' representing the other pain extreme (e.g. pain as bad as you can imagine or worst pain imaginable)

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026