Music Therapy for Post-cardiac Surgery Pain Management

NCT05098561 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 00770
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 54
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Opioid Use

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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

Study Arms (2)

Music treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: Music Treatment

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

No music treatment will be used. Standard pain and comfort measure only.

Interventions

Music Treatment OTHER

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.

Music treatment group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients undergoing cardiac surgery via median sternotomy

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Inc.: lead

Study Sites (1)

Steward St. Elizabeth medical Center

Brighton, Massachusetts, 02135, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Stanley Tam

  Steward St Elizabeth Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Randomize patients into music treatment group and non-music treatment control group. 30 patients per group. Patients will be enrolled into each group on an alternate bases.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2021
• First Posted: October 28, 2021
• Study Start: October 15, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 15, 2024
• Study Completion: September 15, 2024
• Last Updated: March 9, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)