Perioperative Music Listening on Anxiety, Pain, Analgesia Use and Patient Satisfaction

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Music listening: Patient is given an ipod with earphone and with saved playlist of different music genres. Music listening session will be given for 30 minutes before, during and after surgery. Questionnaires will be asked to fill in. All the earphones will be disinfected following the hospital's infection control guideline.

Study summary

The use of music to relieve pain has been studied in many forms of medicines and has been proven to reduce anxiety, pain and analgesic use in the perioperative setting. However, music listening as an inexpensive and duplicable method has not been investigated and implemented in the local context. The investigators hereby propose a prospective study to recruit patients undergoing surgery to evaluate the effectiveness of music in pain relief and post-operative recovery; as well as the implementation and operational readiness of music listening.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in Pain score — Baseline and 1 day
  Difference of Pain score before and after surgery. Pain scores (Numeric Rating Scale 0-10) will be asked, with zero being no pain, and 10 being the worst pain possible.

Trial sites (1)

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