Skip to content

The effect of music on the anxiety of children before surgery: a nursing intervention

The music listening applied to children undergoing surgery: a nursing intervention to relieve anxiety

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-7mcr59
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2015-03-31
Start date
2014-09-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Undescended testis, Hypospadias, Other congenital malformations of the urinary tract, prepuce hypertrophy, phimosis and paraphimosis, hydrocele and Spermatoceles, inguinal hernia, umbilical hernia, acute tonsillitis, tonsil diseases and unspecified adenoids, Other congenital malformations of the face and neck

Interventions

Experimental group: 15 children aged 3-12 years during the preoperative period, will be submitted to hearing from randomly pre-selected instrumental music, with tempo 60-80 beats per minute, available
Other

Sponsors

Distrito Federal Secretaria de Saude
Lead Sponsor
Distrito Federal Secretaria de Saude
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
3 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: children; age 3 to 12; both genders; to be subjected to any elective surgery; who agree to participate in the study, from the signing of free and informed consent term; that has a charge which agrees the child to participate in the research, from the signing of informed consent and informed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children under 3 years of age and over 12 years; that will undergo emergency surgery; who have received premedication before the intervention to be tested; who have hearing problems and mental disorders; children or guardians who do not consent to take part or that are not available to participate in all stages of the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction of preoperative anxiety level checked by varying vital signs such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation, by method of statistical analysis and inferential nature as measures of frequency and central tendency, test chi-square and Fisher for comparison of frequencies, from the observation of a variation of at least 5% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Reducing the level of preoperative verified by the pattern of variation anxiety assessed by the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (YPAS-m) through inferential statistical analysis method such as die Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test for comparison of medians and percentiles of scores of YPAS-m, from the observation of a variation of at least 5% in pre and post intervention measurements

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMariana Franzoi

Mariana André Honorato Franzoi

mari.franzoi88@gmail.com+55(61)84025032

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026