An interventional study of Music in Pain and Anxiety, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 89 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-03-23.
Sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The goal of the study is to determine the effect of classical music on participants pain and anxiety associated with lidocaine administration during routine standard of care dermatologic procedures.
The study is a randomized, unblinded, prospective, single center clinical trial. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of a music intervention in reducing anxiety and pain from local anesthesia administration in subjects undergoing a routine, standard of care dermatologic procedure. The study population will consist of 100 adult subjects undergoing a dermatologic procedure on the head and neck. Subjects will be randomized 1:1 into either the placebo or music intervention group.
Individuals randomized into the placebo (P) group will undergo a set of standardized steps prior to local anesthesia injection. Other factors such as skin preparation technique, needle size, anesthesia temperature, use of unbuffered solution, needle angle and approximate depth of injection will remain standardized. Individuals randomized into the music intervention (MI) group will undergo the same set of standardized steps and then be played Frederic Chopin's piano sonatas through a headphone device prior to injection. After local anesthesia administration, subjects in both treatment arms will be asked to fill out a demographics, pain and anxiety questionnaire.
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Participants will be played Frederic Chopin's piano sonatas through a headphone device prior to and during injection of local anesthesia.
Other: Music
Patients will undergo their routine procedure without being played music.
Participants will be played Frederic Chopin's piano sonatas through a headphone device prior to and during injection of local anesthesia during their routine standard of care dermatologic procedure
Pain: visual analog scale (VAS)
Subjects will rate the pain using the visual analog scale (VAS), which is a 10 cm line ranging from "no pain" (far left) to "extremely painful" (far right) where patients mark their pain score with a vertical line
Time frame: Assessed one time immediately after dermatologic procedure is complete
Anxiety
Subjects will rate their anxiety using the short form of the state trait anxiety inventory (STAI), which asks participants 6 questions about their anxiety levels and asks them to rank their response from 1-4.
Time frame: Assessed one time immediately after dermatologic procedure is complete
Plan to share: No
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