This is a Study to Evaluate if Music Therapy Can Reduce Stress and Increase Satisfaction of Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery

Music Therapy to Reduce Perioperative Stress and Increase Satisfaction in Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery: a Randomized Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05953870

Enrollment

Registered

2023-07-20

Start date

2023-07-20

Completion date

2023-10-23

Last updated

2023-12-20

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Conditions

Personal Satisfaction, Stress

Brief summary

Patients who undergo outpatient surgery according to normal practice will be divided into two groups. The first group (17 patients), before and after their surgery, will listen to relaxing music, namely a slower tempo music that can quiet mind and make patients feel soothed. The second group (17 patients) will follow the standard surgical pathways according to normal clinical practice, in particular they will not listen to relaxing music. A questionnaire to evaluate stress and satisfaction will be administered to all the patients before their discharge

Interventions

OTHERMusic Therapy

slower tempo music that can quiet mind and make patients feel soothed

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients undergoing outpatient surgery * Age ≥ 18 years * Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant or lactating women

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Concern	during hospitalization, 1 day	Concern (measured on the validated Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction -LPPS - questionnaire for the perioperative patients' satisfaction). This questionnaire assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care. Patients are asked to score each question on a fivepoint scale (from 1 - corresponding to the worse outcome to 5 - the best outcome)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Personal satisfaction	during hospitalization, 1 day	In hospital satisfaction (measured on the validated Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction -LPPS - questionnaire for the perioperative patients' satisfaction. This questionnaire assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care. Patients are asked to score each question on a fivepoint scale (from 1 - corresponding to the worse outcome to 5 - the best outcome)
Length of hospital stay	during hospitalization, 1 day	number of hours the participant is being hospitalized

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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