Investigation of Pain and Anxiety During Electrodiagnostic Examination Using Self-selected Music

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Investigation of Pain and Anxiety During Electrodiagnostic Examination Using Self-selected Music

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01531400
• Other study ID #: cgmhpmr001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 29, 2012
• Last updated: March 18, 2012
• Start date: December 2002
• Est. completion date: November 2005

Study information

• Verified date: March 2012
• Source: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators hypothesized that self-selected music played during electrodiagnosis is effective in relieving the discomfort caused by the procedures.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 61
• Est. completion date: November 2005
• Est. primary completion date: November 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 15 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Investigators recruited volunteer patient participants from patients referred to the electrodiagnosis laboratory of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in a medical center using convenient sampling.

The inclusion criterion is:

• adult patient with working diagnosis of possible neurological disorder and

• is referred for both nerve conduction study and needle electromyography

Exclusion Criteria:

The exclusion criteria are:

• conscious disturbances,

• cognitive impairment, or

• language dysfunction.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Pain

Intervention

Other:
• self-selected music
Investigators played self-selected background music in the music group

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Taoyuan County

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain (Visual Analogue Scale)		baseline and after needle electromyography, to measure the "change" of pain	No
Secondary	Anxiety, assessed by Linear Analogue Anxiety Scale (LAAS)		baseline and after electromyography	No