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The Effect of Listening to Music Before Surgery on the Anxiety of Individuals Scheduled for Urological Surgery

An interventional study of listening to music in Preoperative Anxiety, sponsored by Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-12-02.

Sponsored by Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Many patients before the operation feel a high level of anxiety. This felt anxiety can develop due to many reasons such as anesthesia, not being able to wake up from the surgery and being disabled, and fear of feeling pain after the surgery. Music applications, which are among non-pharmacological techniques, are frequently used in the management of pain and anxiety.In this study, the effect of listening to music in the preoperative period on the anxiety of urology patients will be investigated

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The anxiety felt at a high level in many patients in the pre-operative period can be caused by many reasons such as general anesthesia, anxiety about not being able to wake up from the operation, fear of being disabled, fear of pain after the operation, fear of losing control over the body, fear of sexual loss and worries about not being able to work after the operation can develop. Anxiety experienced at a high level in the preoperative period; While it causes physical problems such as dizziness, nausea and headache, it also affects the anxiety to be experienced after the surgery. Looking at the effects of preoperative anxiety in the postoperative period, it increases the intensity of postoperative pain and analgesia requirement, affects anesthesia requirements, and increases hospitalization time in some types of surgery, and as a result, increases postoperative morbidity and mortality. Anxiety levels of patients; may be affected by a wide variety of factors such as previous experiences, the way they came to the hospital, their gender, age, and the type of surgery they will undergo. In contrast, effective control of preoperative anxiety provides better management of postoperative pain and faster recovery.

The positive and curative effect of music has been the subject of constant interest from past to present and it has been used more and more among non-pharmacological techniques. Listening to music, intensive care, surgery, psychiatry, obstetrics, pediatrics, oncology services, in the process of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in patients with other diagnostic and treatment from the symptoms that arise in the process, especially in the management of pain and anxiety is often applied. In addition, it has been determined that it has important positive effects on the activation of the immune system, increasing the quality of life, reducing the amount of drugs used in the treatment of pain, shortening the hospital stay and spirituality.

In many studies in the literature examining the effect of music on anxiety associated with surgical intervention; it has been found that music reduces the level of anxiety. However, a study has also found that music does not affect the anxiety experienced by an individual. Although there are no studies evaluating the effect of music on the anxiety level of individuals scheduled for urological surgery, in a meta-analysis study evaluating the effect of music on individuals undergoing urological procedures in outpatients, it was found that music reduces anxiety.

In the nursing profession, which focuses on providing holistic care in the biopsychosocial sense, it is important to increase the quality of care by addressing the emotional experiences of the individual during physical health problems.Addressing anxiety as an emotional experience before surgical intervention within the scope of nursing interventions may contribute to increasing the quality of life of the individual.In the light of this information, this study aims to evaluate the effect of listening to music before surgery on the anxiety level of individuals who are planned for urological surgery as an independent therapeutic nursing intervention and to improve nursing care with the findings obtained from the study.

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Conditions studied

  • Preoperative Anxiety

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Keywords

  • preoperative anxiety
  • surgery anxiety
  • anxiety
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In context

Anxiety Disorders

4,868 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety Disorders; 1,390 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 80 is close to the median of 80 across 4,174 interventional studies indexed under Anxiety Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University is the lead sponsor of 96 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • To be literate
  • Being undergoing urological surgery for the first time
  • Be over 18 years old
  • Having agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • To be hard of hearing
  • Inability to communicate verbally
  • Having a disease that prevents data collection
  • Having difficulty wearing headphones
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
80 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    music

    The state/trait anxiety inventory and surgery-specific anxiety inventory will be administered to the experimental group before the surgery. Then they will listen to Turkish Classical Music for 30 minutes. The scales will be applied again 15 minutes after the music ends.

    Other: listening to music

  • No intervention
    control

    The state/trait anxiety inventory and surgery-specific anxiety scale will be administered to the control group before surgery. The same scales will be applied again 45 minutes after the scales are applied.

Interventions

  • Otherlistening to music

    The experimental group will listen to Turkish instrumental music with headphones for 30 minutes.

    Also known as: music

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the experimental group with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

    The preoperative anxiety levels of the experimental group will be measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Scores from the scale range from 20 to 80. High scores indicate a high level of anxiety.

    Time frame: within 5 hours before surgery

  2. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the control group with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

    The preoperative anxiety levels of the control group will be measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Scores from the scale range from 20 to 80. High scores indicate high levels of anxiety.

    Time frame: within 5 hours before surgery

  3. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the experimental group with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory after listening to music for 30 minutes

    After listening to music for 30 minutes in the experimental group, their preoperative anxiety levels will be measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Scores from the scale range from 20 to 80. High scores indicate a high level of anxiety.

    Time frame: 15 minutes after listening to music

  4. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the control group without listening to music with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

    Preoperative anxiety levels will be measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, 45 minutes after the first scales are applied, without listening to music in the control group. Scores from the scale range from 20 to 80. High scores indicate a high level of anxiety.

    Time frame: 45 minutes after the first scales are applied

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the experimental group with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale

    The preoperative anxiety levels of the experimental group will be measured with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale. The maximum score from the scale is 50. High scores indicate a high level of anxiety.

    Time frame: within 5 hours before surgery

  2. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the control group with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale

    The preoperative anxiety levels of the control group will be measured with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale. The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 50. High scores indicate high levels of anxiety.

    Time frame: within 5 hours before surgery

  3. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the experimental group with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale after listening to music for 30 minutesmusic

    After listening to music for 30 minutes in the experimental group, their preoperative anxiety levels will be measured with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale. The maximum score from the scale is 50. High scores indicate a high level of anxiety.

    Time frame: 15 minutes after listening to music

  4. Measuring the preoperative anxiety level of the control group without listening to music with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale

    Preoperative anxiety levels will be measured with the Surgery-Specific Anxiety Scale, 45 minutes after the first scales are applied, without listening to music in the control group. The maximum score from the scale is 50. High scores indicate a high level of anxiety.

    Time frame: 45 minutes after the first scales are applied

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Study locations

1 site
  • Neslihan Aker
    Zonguldak, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — individual participant data will not be shared

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 2, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05307315
Lead sponsor
Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 1, 2022
Start date
Sep 10, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 14, 2022
Completion
Feb 1, 2022
Last update
Dec 2, 2022

Study contacts

Sibel Arguvanlı Çoban
study director · Bülent Ecevit Üniversity
Neslihan Aker
principal investigator · Bülent Ecevit Üniversity

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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