This is a Study to Find Out Whether Music Therapy Can Reduce Stress During Wound Care

Music Therapy to Reduce Stress and Increase Satisfaction in Patients Undergoing Surgical Wound Dressings in the In-hospital Setting: a Randomized Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07459855

Enrollment

Registered

2026-03-10

Start date

2026-04-02

Completion date

2026-12-31

Last updated

2026-09-09

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

Conditions

Wound Surgical

Brief summary

This study involves hospitalized patients who need wound dressing procedures. Patients will be assigned by chance to one of two groups. One group will listen to music of their choice during wound care, while the other group will receive standard wound care without music. The investigators will then compare the two groups to see whether listening to music helps reduce stress and improve the experience during the procedure.

Interventions

OTHERmusic

patient-selected music

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Hospitalized patients undergoing wound dressing procedures * Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant or lactating women * Cognitive impairment or language barriers * Severe hearing impairment * Clinical instability requiring urgent medical intervention at the time of wound dressing

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
change in heart rate	periprocedural

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
change in blood pressure	periprocedural	—
change in respiratory rate	periprocedural	—
change in oxygen saturation	periprocedural	—
pain intensity	periprocedural	Patient-reported outcomes. Patient-reported pain intensity is assessed using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS; range 0-10). The Numerical Rating Scale is a scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain). Higher scores indicate greater pain intensity and therefore represent a worse outcome.
perceived anxiety	periprocedural	Patient-reported outcomes, assessed using a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS, 0-10). The Numerical Rating Scale is a scale ranging from 0 (no anxiety) to 10 (worst imaginable anxiety). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety and therefore represent a worse outcome.

Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

CONTACTDavide La Regina, MD

ricerca.chirurgiaorl@eoc.ch0041918119106

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORDavide La Regina, MD

EOC

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 10, 2026