Music Therapy in the Treatment of Perioperative Anxiety and Pain
Pain, Post Operative, Anxiety, Opioid Use
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Pain, Post Operative focused on measuring Post operative pain management, music therapy, Post-surgical quality of life, hernia repair surgery, ambulatory breast surgery, cholecystectomy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults ages 18-70, meeting the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I, II, or III
- Admitted for a scheduled same-day surgery under general anesthesia with a single nerve block, including ambulatory breast surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy or laparoscopic hernia repair surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
- Music other than the intervention planned in the operating room
- ASA status IV
- Planned spinal anesthesia
- Major psychosocial disorders
- Persistent opioid use
- History of drug abuse or alcoholism
- Baseline PROMIS Anxiety score of less than 19 or greater than 35
- Subject is already receiving an alternative intervention for anxiety or pain (i.e aromatherapy, hypnosis, etc)
Sites / Locations
- UPMC Shadyside HospitalRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Music therapy + Standard of Care Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
Standard of Care Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
All participants will have complete Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) standard of care. A preoperative music intervention will be played first in the preoperative holding area, a second music intervention played immediately following the induction of anesthesia in the operating room, and a third music intervention played in the recovery room when the patient is awake and responsive.
Participants randomized into the control group will receive complete Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) standard of care and no music therapy sessions.