An interventional study of Music in Surgery and Pain, Postoperative, sponsored by TriHealth Inc.. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-13.
Sponsored by TriHealth Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The purpose of this study is to investigate if audible distraction, in the form of music, before and/or during hernia repair surgery will decrease pain post-operatively.
After performing a thorough review of the literature, no studies were found that examined whether having a patient listen to a genre of music of their choosing before or during surgery impacts their postoperative pain. Music is a way to relax patients and could potentially decrease pain, which is a goal of perioperative services. The current study seeks to fill the gap and examine the impact of music on pain for surgical patients undergoing a hernia repair.
This study will use a randomized, double-blinded, controlled design with four arms:
5,640 studies on the registry are indexed under Pain, Postoperative; 1,230 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 308 is above the median of 75 across 4,821 interventional studies indexed under Pain, Postoperative.
Browse Pain, Postoperative studies →TriHealth Inc. is the lead sponsor of 102 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.
Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 4 (44%) have results posted.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patient will listen to music before their surgery in pre-operative area only
Other: Music
Patient will listen to music before and during their surgery
Other: Music
Patient will listen to music during their surgery only
Other: Music
Patient will not listen to music during their visit
Music of the participant's selected genre will be played through headphones according to the arm assigned.
Highest pain score reported
Highest pain score reported in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU); Pain is measured on a 0-10 scale where a higher number corresponds with more pain
Time frame: from admission to discharge from PACU, up to 8 hours
Total narcotic administered
Total morphine milligram equivalent (MME) of narcotics administered while in PACU
Time frame: from admission to discharge from PACU, up to 8 hours
Plan to share: No
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