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NCT07398898
This study investigates whether new audiovisual technologies can help reduce anxiety and stress experienced by adult patients during dental procedures. Dental fear and anxiety are common barriers to receiving proper oral care. This randomized controlled trial aims to explore whether the use of specific devices-augmented reality (AR) glasses and noise-cancelling (ANC) headphones-can improve patient comfort and decrease physiological signs of stress during dental treatment. Participants in this study will undergo a standard dental procedure. In addition, they will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: a control group (no audiovisual intervention), a group using ANC headphones that play relaxing music during the procedure, or a group using AR glasses that display relaxing visual scenes along with the same music. Before the procedure, each participant will complete a psychological questionnaire (STAI) to assess their level of anxiety. During the procedure, physiological stress will be monitored using sensors that track parameters such as skin conductance (GSR) and heart rate. After the treatment, patients will be asked to rate their pain level and describe their experience with or without the audiovisual intervention. The goal is to better understand the effectiveness of non-pharmacological methods in reducing anxiety and stress in adult dental patients. Participation in the study is entirely voluntary and will not affect the quality or availability of dental care. Patients may withdraw at any time without consequences. The study also collects basic demographic information and patient feedback to evaluate potential factors that may influence anxiety levels. By testing new immersive tools such as AR glasses and ANC headphones in a real clinical setting, this research may contribute to improving patient well-being and enhancing the dental care experience.
NCT07356830
Music therapy is a comprehensive therapy that integrates musicology, psychology and medicine. It is an application and development outside the field of traditional art appreciation and aesthetics . Clinical studies have shown that music therapy can improve the patient 's sense of tension, relieve anxiety, and has a certain effect of auxiliary analgesia. At the same time, music therapy is easy to operate, economical and feasible, non-invasive and safe , and improves physical and mental health. Music therapy can work through the hypothalamus-pituitary and other multi-system cross-activity, arouse the patient 's pleasant thoughts and emotional experience, and has the function of regulating psychology and physiology . Many studies at home and abroad have shown that most infertility patients have negative emotions, such as anxiety and depression For Chinese women, affected by the traditional culture of " no filial piety, no filial piety, no filial piety, " patients are under greater reproductive pressure. Many studies have confirmed that psychological stress can affect the function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis, inhibit the secretion of gonadotropins by the pituitary gland, interfere with follicular growth, affect the developmental potential of oocytes and embryos, and thus affect reproductive function . Psychological stress can also interfere with embryo implantation by inhibiting endometrial receptivity . Anxiety can promote sympathetic nerve excitation, release more catecholamines, hinder the growth of follicles in the ovary and the secretion of luteinizing hormone, and affect the clinical effect of superovulation. The decrease of estrogen and progesterone secretion affects the number and quality of follicles and the development of endometrium, thus reducing the pregnancy rate Long-term depression can also endanger physical health, destroy pregnancy outcomes, and lead to abortion. With the development of medicine, the ' biological-psychological-social ' medical model has been paid more and more attention, and the psychological factors in the treatment of infertility have also attracted more and more attention. Although the mechanism of music therapy is not yet clear, studies have shown that it can inhibit the secretion of endogenous hormones such as adrenaline.
NCT07123077
This study aims to explore how a functional exercise program, with or without music, affects physical function and quality of life in older adults with mild dementia. Participants were divided into two groups: one group performed functional exercises alone, while the other group performed the same exercises accompanied by music. The program was conducted twice a week for 8 weeks, with each session lasting 60 minutes. Researchers evaluated changes in balance, mobility, risk and fear of falling, hand grip strength, daily living activities, and overall quality of life before and after the program.
NCT07236918
The Concert Therapy is an arts-based, pilot interventional study designed to explore the effects of live music, guided breathing, and movement on stress reduction and overall wellbeing. Participants take part in one in-person session and one online session integrating musical performance, collective breathing rhythms, and body awareness techniques. The study aims to evaluate pre- and post-intervention changes in perceived stress and emotional wellbeing among adult participants.
NCT07322562
Music therapy has been reported to reduce analgesic and anesthetic requirements, but evidence in thoracic surgery remains limited. This prospective observational study aimed to evaluate the effects of different music types on hemodynamic stability and anesthetic consumption in patients undergoing thoracic surgery.
NCT05602662
Can music theraphy during mechanical ventilation in the ICU, decrease the need of pharmacological sedation? Included patients will listen to music selected by a music therapist via headphones two times one hour during two days. Effects on heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate and dosing of pharmacological sedation will be observed. 100 patients will be included and radomized equally to earphones with and without music.
NCT07392112
This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial. Based on the power analysis (Cohen's d = 0.80, α = 0.05, power = 80%), a total of 52 pregnant women were included, with 26 participants in the intervention group and 26 in the control group. Pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria and provided written informed consent were randomly assigned to the groups using a computer-generated randomization method. The intervention group received Nada Yoga music therapy after admission to the delivery room, and the intervention was continued until birth. The therapy consisted of music compatible with the philosophy of Nada Yoga, including relaxing melodies, mantras, and nature sounds, which were delivered via speakers placed in the labor room. The control group received standard obstetric care. Data were collected using the Pregnant Woman Information Form, Labor Follow-up Form, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory.
NCT07344883
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluates the effectiveness of music as a complementary intervention for pain control during non-surgical reduction of distal radius fractures in orthopedic patients. Distal radius fractures are among the most common traumatic injuries presenting to emergency departments and are frequently associated with intense procedural pain and significant physiological stress responses. Despite standard pharmacological analgesia, optimal pain management during fracture reduction remains a clinical challenge, and evidence regarding non-pharmacological adjuncts in the emergency orthopedic setting is still limited The study will enroll 192 adult patients admitted to the orthopedic emergency departments of AUSL Piacenza and AOU Parma with distal radius fractures requiring closed reduction. Participants will be randomly assigned (1:1:1) to one of three groups: a 20-minute session of patient-preferred music, a 20-minute session of standardized music selected by a music therapist, or standard care without music. Pain intensity will be assessed using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), while physiological stress will be evaluated through heart rate and blood pressure measurements, collected at baseline (T0) and 20 minutes later (T1), immediately after the reduction procedure The trial is designed as a prospective, randomized, controlled study with blinded data analysis, and all data will be collected and managed in compliance with current privacy and data protection regulations. By generating robust evidence on a low-cost, safe, and easily implementable intervention, the PolSound trial aims to improve procedural pain management and patient experience in emergency orthopedic care, potentially supporting the integration of music-based interventions into standard analgesic protocols.
NCT07013669
The study summary and design were to assess procedural anxiety and stress in parents and pain perception in children during intradermal testing. Music medicine was incorporated into the study design as a nonpharmacological intervention. Two distinct auditory modalities were used: solfeggio frequencies-174 Hz, 285 Hz, 396 Hz, and 528 Hz-which have been suggested to interact with the human energy field through resonance-based mechanisms, and Turkish classical musical modes (makams), such as Rast, Hicaz, Uşşak, Neva, and Saba, which are modal systems that include microtonal intervals and follow specific melodic progressions that are often associated with different emotional and spiritual effects as well as sensory and emotional regulation potential.
NCT07255339
Coronary artery disease is a frequently occurring, life-threatening disease that has caused high morbidity and mortality, and has resulted in a high rate of death, both in our country and worldwide over the past five years. The most commonly used method for the treatment of coronary artery disease is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This surgery aims to restore blood flow to the myocardium, which has become inadequate due to blockage or stenosis in the coronary arteries that feed the heart, by using an artery graft and to prolong life to a better standard. Surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting are psychologically, economically, socially, and physically detrimental to patients. Coronary artery bypass grafting, a major surgical procedure, can lead to serious postoperative complications. Some of these include postoperative pain and anxiety. Pain is one of the first complications observed, especially in the early postoperative period. The heart is one of the most important vital organs, and interventions in this regard trigger a fear of death in individuals and, consequently, cause them to experience significant anxiety after the operation. In addition to pharmacological methods, non-pharmacological methods are also used in pain and anxiety management. Music therapy is one of these methods used in the treatment of pain and anxiety. Music has always been a cultural and universal heritage of societies, present from past to present. Music therapy is a specialized field that incorporates the patient's body, mind, and spirit integrity, facilitates treatment using evidence-based practices, and utilizes all aspects of music within a therapeutic relationship to alleviate patient distress. Music therapy has consistently been a part of treatment methods from past to present and has been shown to have positive effects. Depression can affect stress hormones, leading to an increase in heart rate and an imbalance in oxygen demand. Disruption of sleep patterns before surgery can lead to anxiety and pain. Previous studies have shown that music therapy balances the body, mind, and spirit integrity of individuals within the endocrine and nervous systems.
NCT07252648
This study aims to find out whether listening to music before, during, and after pain procedures can help reduce anxiety, pain catastrophising, and acute pain in patients with chronic pain. Music therapy may provide a simple, safe, and non-drug way to help patients relax and feel more comfortable. In this study, adult patients with chronic pain who are scheduled for interventional pain procedures at Singapore General Hospital will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will listen to self-selected music through headphones and speakers before, during, and after the procedure. The other group will receive standard care without music. Researchers will measure anxiety, pain catastrophising, and pain levels before and after the procedure using validated questionnaires. The main outcome will be the level of anxiety after the procedure. Other outcomes include pain catastrophising scores, pain scores during local anaesthetic injection, and overall patient satisfaction. This study will help determine if music therapy can be routinely used to improve comfort and emotional well-being for patients undergoing interventional pain procedures.
NCT06734897
The aim of this clinical study is to investigate whether six months of music therapy immediately after CI implantation helps to improve speech intelligibility in noise. To investigate the effect of music therapy, a randomized study will be conducted with a "start group A" and a "delayed group" B (control group 1). Group A will start six months of music therapy immediately after cochlear implantation, group B six months later. A further control group 2 will not receive any music therapy. The speech intelligibility values resulting from the OLSA sentence test will be compared between the three groups after six and twelve months.
NCT06445010
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effectiveness of a music-based intervention as a bereavement strategy for individuals who are a part of the Loss of Spouse/Life Partner Grief Support Group at HopeHealth, a healthcare organization in Providence, Rhode Island that specializes in home care, hospice care, palliative care, and grief support. The main question it ams to answer is: * Will the experience of creating a musical playlist help individuals in bereavement process their grief more effectively? Participants will undergo the following main tasks: * A baseline pre-assessment survey that asks about the role of music in the participant's and their partner's life, as well as how music has helped participants with their grief. * A 75-minute Zoom session with the study investigator which includes a conversation about the participant's loved one and grief journey. This Zoom session serves to find themes and emotions in the participant's grief journey which will be as foundations for musical playlists. * Participants will create their own musical playlist based on guidance from the study investigator. * A post-assessment survey that asks participants to reflect on the experience of creating a playlist. This survey also examines if music plays a new role in the participant's life.
NCT06951269
Background: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a neurological condition caused by poor oxygenation during the peripartum period. The main strategy to mitigate neurological damage is hypothermic therapy (HT), whose effectiveness-among other factors-depends on adequate pain management. Considering the prevalence of allodynia in this group of patients, routine nursing procedures can become sources of additional stress and pain. Music therapy is used in this population to promote self-regulation and relaxation, and may therefore help reduce pain levels after routine nursing procedures. Research question: What is the effect of an entrainment-based live music therapy intervention on pain levels in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy undergoing hypothermic therapy after routine nursing procedures? Methodology: A randomized, crossover pilot and feasibility study. Participants will be 22 newborns admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Participants will receive standard care plus a 15-minute live music therapy session after a routine nursing procedure, or standard care alone. The primary outcome is the Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised (PIPP-R) scale, which will be assessed through video recordings. Secondary outcomes are vital signs, heart rate variability, and electroencephalography (EEG) recordings. Expected outcomes: Through this study, the aim is to improve the comfort and well-being of patients with HIE during TH. In addition, the safety and feasibility of music therapy in this population will be evaluated, seeking to contribute to current knowledge about the mechanisms of music therapy.
NCT05309369
This is a randomized, cross-over study to measure global and clinical impact and level of arousal in subjects suffering from moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease when exposed to emotionally impactful music compared to control intervention.
NCT06980311
The aim of this study is to comparatively evaluate the effects of a music therapy-based aerobic exercise program and traditional aerobic exercise training on cardiopulmonary functions, functional capacity, balance, peripheral muscle strength, cognitive functions, depression level and quality of life in geriatric individuals.
NCT06970431
This study aims to explore the effects of preoperative education combined with intraoperative music therapy on perioperative anxiety and pain in patients undergoing elective cesarean section. The study subjects were patients scheduled for cesarean section under combined spinal - epidural anesthesia. A prospective study design with random grouping was adopted. Through systematic preoperative education and intraoperative music intervention, multi - dimensional evaluations were carried out to analyze the effects of preoperative education combined with intraoperative music therapy on the relief of perioperative anxiety, pain and shivering in patients, as well as its impact on postoperative recovery and nursing satisfaction.
NCT05949216
It is common knowledge that music has a positive impact on human well-being. It is also well-known that medical residents are frequently stressed and burnt out. With these two thoughts in mind, the investigators want to explore how participating in a musical engagement program may positively impact medical resident well-being. The investigators hope to do this by hosting four informal musical engagement sessions with medical residents, which will involve playing instruments, improvising, and reading sheet music. To study the impact that this program has on participants, investigators will ask participants to complete a survey. The investigators hope to find that participants are positively impacted by participation in the study, in terms of factors like stress reduction and minimized burnout symptoms. Hopefully, the study results may inform residency program curriculum designers in the future may incorporate music into wellness programming.
NCT03604185
Hearing loss has been associated with decreased emotional wellbeing and reduced quality of life in aging adults. Although hearing aids can target aspects of peripheral hearing loss, persistent perceptual deficits are widely reported. One prevalent example is the loss of the ability to perceive speech in a noisy environment, which severely impacts quality of life and goes relatively unremediated by hearing aids. Musicianship has been shown to improve aspects of auditory processing, but has not been studied as a short-term intervention for improving these abilities in older adults with hearing aids. The current study investigates whether short-term choir participation can improve three aspects of auditory processing: perception of speech in noise, pitch discrimination, and the neural response to brief auditory stimuli (frequency following response; FFR). Sixty hearing aided older adults (aged 50+) recruited from the Greater Toronto Area will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: a choir singing class (n=20), a music appreciation class (n=20), and a do-nothing control group (n=20). Choir participants will take part in a singing class for 14 weeks, during which they will take part in group singing (2 hours/week) supported by individual online musical training (1 hour/week). Participants will undergo pre- and post-training assessments, conducted during the first week of the choir class and again after the last week. Participants in the music appreciation class will be involved in 14 weeks of music listening classes, and the do-nothing control group will not engaged in an active intervention. All participants will undergo the same battery of assessments, measured before and after the 14-week time frame. Auditory assessments (speech perception in noise and pitch discrimination tests) will be administered electronically, and the FFR will be obtained using electroencephalography (EEG). Each of the four assessment sessions (two pre-training, two post-training) will last approximately 1.5 hours, for a total of 6 hours of data collection. The goal of this research is to investigate whether short-term musical training will result in improved auditory outcomes for older adults with hearing aids. It is predicted that the choir singing group will demonstrate the greatest improvements across all auditory measures, and that both the choir singing and musical appreciation groups will experience greater improvements than the do-nothing control group.
NCT06874972
Background: The use of music in operations is increasing due to its painless, safe, inexpensive, and the potential to improve patient outcomes. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effects of music therapy on the quality of awakening and recovery of patients who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia, and to compare the perioperative pain and anxiety related to surgery. Methods: This double-blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted at the National Referral Hospital, Bhutan from 1st November 2022 to 31st October 2023. Those patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia were included in the clinical trial. Web-based simple randomization was performed, and all those patients with even numbers were allocated to the study group and odd numbers in the control group. During the perioperative period, music was played using headphones in the study group, and empty headphone was placed in the control group. Hemodynamic parameters, quality of awakening (measured using the Riker sedation-agitation scale), and recovery (measured using a 40-item questionnaire, QoR-40) were recorded using a questionnaire developed for the study. Perioperative anxiety and pain were compared between the study group using a Visual analog scale (VAS).