The impact of noise on patients of the intensive care units - evaluation of active and passive noise reducing methods

Not Applicable

• Conditions: F43; Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders; F41; F32; Other anxiety disorders; Depressive episode

• Registration Number: DRKS00000534
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum der RWTH AachenKlinik für Anästhesiologie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09-29
• Study Completion: 2011-05-26
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 144

Inclusion Criteria

1. Consent/ or legal assistance 3.second day after operation 4. interval to operation is more than 24h 5. Duration on ICU is longer than 12 hours

Exclusion Criteria

1.Taking medicine with cortisol, or medicine that deliver cortisol 2. Diseases with high cortisol level 3. Deafness 4.Ablepsia 5. Anxiety disorder 6. Depression 7. Contact allergy against conductive electrode gel, or glue 8. Non consent, or no legal assistance 9. planed patient transportation ( for example CT, operation )

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
salivatory cortisol and alpha-amylase, taken at 8pm, 11pm, 3am, 6am.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate variability, skin conductance, blood pressure variability (continiously through the night) , STAI score, HADS score (before and after study period measurement of the scores)