Effect of Music on Pain and Anxiety in Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing Lumbar Interventional Procedures.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate, subjectively and objectively, whether playing music during procedures for treatment of chronic lower back pain has an effect on patients' anxiety and pain. The investigators hypothesize that playing music will result in reduced patient reported anxiety and pain scores and less variation from baseline of vital signs versus patients in the control group without music therapy. This is a pilot study.
Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Anxiety
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Over 18 Years
- Eligible Genders
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Age greater than or equal to 18 2. Female or male 3. Patients undergoing standard of care lumbar spinal interventional procedures including: epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients who cannot consent for themselves, including cognitively impaired patients. 2. Non-English speaking patients 3. Patients taking beta blocker medication 4. Patients that have a pacer and have a set rate 5. Patients with self-reported hearing problems or with hearing aids
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
|---|---|---|
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Active Comparator No Music |
No music will be played during the subject's standard of care lumbar spinal interventional procedure (including: epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks). |
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Experimental Music Therapy |
Music of the subject's preferred genre will be played during the subject's standard of care lumbar spinal interventional procedure (including: epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks). |
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Recruiting Locations
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
