Music Therapy for Post-cardiac Surgery Pain Management

Opioid Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

Music Therapy as a Supplement to Post Surgery Pain Management in Cardiac Surgery Patient Following Median Sternotomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05098561
• Other study ID #: 00770
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 15, 2018
• Est. completion date: September 21, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.
• Contact: Stanley Tam, MD
• Phone: 617-789-2045
• Email: stanley.tam[@]steward.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Music therapy as a supplement to post surgery pain management in cardiac surgery patients following median sternotomy.

Description:

2. Specific Aims:

1. Primary Aim: To assess whether music therapy can decrease the amount of opioid type pain medications used.

Hypothesis: Music therapy reduces the amount of opioid type pain medication used in management of post-operative pain and discomfort.

2. Secondary Aims:

i. To identify the gender and age groups of patients who can benefit from music therapy as a supplement to post-operative pain management.

Hypothesis: Majority of the population of patient benefits from music therapy as a supplement to postoperative pain management.

ii. To assess whether music therapy can increase patient satisfaction.

Hypothesis: Music therapy increases patient satisfaction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: September 21, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: September 21, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing cardiac surgery via median sternotomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emergency cases.

• Patients with hearing impairment.

• Patients with dementia or other mental status changes.

• Patients who are clinically unstable postoperatively.

• Patients who develop postoperative complications.

• Patients who are non-English speaking.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Opioid Use

Intervention

Other:
• Music Treatment
The nurse will set up the appropriate music genre for the each music treatment patient, based on patient's preference obtained from the pre-operative questionnaire, by using the bedside computer and using Pandora, the internet music streaming service.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Steward St. Elizabeth medical Center	Brighton	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The amount of Opioid type pain medication used	To assess whether the use of music therapy can decrease the amount of opioid type pain medications used.	In the immediate post operative period, while patient still in the ICU