An interventional study of Music in Anxiety and Fear, sponsored by Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-15.
Sponsored by Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
Introduction Ocular intravitreal injection is a widely used ophthalmic invasive technique to administer medication directly inside the patient's eye. Despite being usually a quick and painless intervention, some patients report nervousness and anxiety before and during the procedure. Music therapy could help in assessing this discomfort, as previous studies have shown it can beneficial, specially helping to reduce anxiety levels.
Objective This study aims to assess the effect of music therapy on patients undergoing intravitreal injections and how it affects their anxiety.
Methods This is a randomized, prospective, single blind, clinical trial. Patients will be divided into two groups. Group A patients will listen to classical music during the procedure (intervention). Group B patients (control), will not listen to music during the procedure. All other aspects of the procedure will be the same for both groups. To analyze the impact music therapy, patients will fill in the STAI anxiety questionnaire and will be evaluated with the pain visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after the injection procedure.
Expected results Subjects that undergo the procedure with music therapy are expected to experience less anxiety that the ones that do not. Less pain perception is also expected.
7,201 studies on the registry are indexed under Anxiety Disorders; 1,682 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 80 across 6,057 interventional studies indexed under Anxiety Disorders.
Browse Anxiety Disorders studies →Althaia Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
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Music played prior to intravitreal injection
Other: Music
No music played.
Music played prior to injection
STAI
Change in anxiety score test
Time frame: Just before and immediately after intervention
Ran from Feb 2023 to primary completion in Apr 2023, 2 months.
Of 3,836 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Anxiety Disorders, half reached primary completion within 12 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 28. This study's 2 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 3,938 studies reached it within 12 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 28.
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