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Pilot Study: The Effects of Medical Music on Anxiety in Patients With ILD

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interventions
Other: Medical Music
Registration Number
NCT04159584
Lead Sponsor
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Brief Summary

This is uncontrolled, interventional feasibility study for determining the effects medical music on anxiety levels in subjects with ILD. Enrolled subjects will be asked to complete questionnaires and undergo physiologic measurements prior to listening to medical music. The music intervention will be for approximately 30 minutes. Post intervention questionnaires and physiologic measurements will be done.

Detailed Description

The Medical Music intervention includes playlists that contains songs specifically designed, recorded, and optimized through the provisionally-patented methods, to treat their co-morbid anxiety. The duration of the medical music playlist is 30 minutes.

Enrolled subjects will be asked to complete questionnaires to assess anxiety, a questionnaire related to their music preferences, and undergo physiological measurements (vital signs, galvanic skin response, and heart rate variability) before and after the intervention.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria
  • Men and women age 50 to 80 years old
  • Diagnosis of definite or probable interstitial lung disease (ILD)
  • Willingness to participate and sign consent
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who are deaf
  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • Pregnant women

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Enrolled SubjectMedical MusicAll subjects will undergo the medical music intervention.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feasibility of using a medical music intervention as a treatment for anxiety in subjects with ILD, as measured by descriptive evaluation.Baseline to 30 minutes
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in State Anxiety Inventory scores before and after interventionBaseline to 30 min

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Questionnaire is a psychological inventory based on a 4-point Likert scale and consists of 40 questions on a self-report basis. It measures two types of anxiety - state anxiety, or anxiety about an event, and trait anxiety, or anxiety level as a personal characteristic.

Change in heart rate variability before and after interventionBaseline to 30 min

Heart rate variability will be measured before and after intervention

Change in Visual Analogue Scale scores for Anxiety and Distress (VAS-A) before and after interventionBaseline to 30 min

The VAS-A is a psychometric response scale to measure respondents level of anxiety and stress by indicating a position along a continuous line between two end-points ("not at all" to "extremely").

Change in Borg Dyspnea Scale scores before and after interventionBaseline to 30 min

The Borg Dyspnea Scale measures perceived dyspnea on a scale from 0 to 10.

Change in galvanic skin response before and after interventionBaseline to 30 min

Galvanic skin response will be measured before and after intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Weill Cornell Medicine

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New York, New York, United States

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