This is a Study to Evaluate if Music Therapy Can Reduce Stress and Increase Satisfaction of Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress; Personal Satisfaction
• Interventions: Other: Music Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05953870
• Lead Sponsor: Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona

Brief Summary

Patients who undergo outpatient surgery according to normal practice will be divided into two groups.

The first group (17 patients), before and after their surgery, will listen to relaxing music, namely a slower tempo music that can quiet mind and make patients feel soothed.

The second group (17 patients) will follow the standard surgical pathways according to normal clinical practice, in particular they will not listen to relaxing music.

A questionnaire to evaluate stress and satisfaction will be administered to all the patients before their discharge

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-18
• Study Start: 2023-07-20
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-20
• Primary Completion: 2023-10-23
• Study Completion: 2023-10-23
• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-19
• Last Update Posted: 2023-12-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing outpatient surgery
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant or lactating women

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
MUSIC AND COMFORT THERAPY	Music Therapy	The intervention group will be "exposed" pre- and postoperatively to relaxing music, which is defined as a slower tempo music that can quiet mind and make patients feel soothed.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Concern	during hospitalization, 1 day	Concern (measured on the validated Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction -LPPS - questionnaire for the perioperative patients' satisfaction). This questionnaire assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care. Patients are asked to score each question on a fivepoint scale (from 1 - corresponding to the worse outcome to 5 - the best outcome)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Personal satisfaction	during hospitalization, 1 day	In hospital satisfaction (measured on the validated Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction -LPPS - questionnaire for the perioperative patients' satisfaction. This questionnaire assess patient satisfaction with perioperative care. Patients are asked to score each question on a fivepoint scale (from 1 - corresponding to the worse outcome to 5 - the best outcome)
Length of hospital stay	during hospitalization, 1 day	number of hours the participant is being hospitalized

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale; 🇨🇭 Bellinzona, Switzerland