The Effect of Music on Anxiety in the Appointment Period

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Listening to zen music

• Registration Number: NCT06590363
• Lead Sponsor: Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, E.P.E.

Brief Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn if musical intervention can reduce anxiety on patients and doctors in the appointment period. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Can music reduce the psychological symptoms of anxiety at the end of the appointment? Can music reduce heart rate and blood pressure at the end of the appointment?

Researchers will compare if the presence of zen music during the appointment influences anxiety levels.

Participants in the intervention group will listen to music during the appointment. Those in the control group will not have music in the office during the appointment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-14
• Study Completion: 2024-04-14
• Study First Submitted: 2024-08-31
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-06
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• scheduled appointment;
• agree to participate in the clinical trial.

Exclusion Criteria

• 17 years or younger;
• deaf;
• illiterate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music	Listening to zen music	Corresponded to patients and doctors subjected to the period of listening to zen music in the appointment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety	16 weeks	Participants achieved a response if they scored of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory reduze in the end of the appointment.; STAI scores are classified as "no or low anxiety" (20-37), "moderate anxiety" (38-44), and "high anxiety" (45-80).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Heart rate	16 weeks	Participants achieved a response if the heart rate reduze in the end of the appointment
Blood Pressure	16 weeks	Participants achieved a response if the systolic and diastolic blood pressure reduze in the end of the appointment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cátia Valesca Nunes Solis; 🇵🇹 Coimbra, Portugal