Effect of Music Therapy on Patients Undergoing Intravitreal Injections

Completed

• Conditions: Patient Satisfaction; Patient Anxiety; Intravitreal Injections
• Interventions: Other: No Music; Other: Music Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT00702039
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

Multiple studies in various specialties, including ophthalmology, are reported in the literature that show that playing music during a procedure (dubbed music therapy) increases patient satisfaction and may reduce patient anxiety and stress levels.

There is no study in the literature that assesses the effects of listening to music in patients undergoing intravitreal injections. This study aims to assess whether listening to music improves patient satisfaction or reduces their anxiety levels in subjects undergoing intravitreal injections.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-02
• Study First Submitted: 2008-04-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-06-16
• Study First Posted: 2008-06-19
• Primary Completion: 2009-02
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-12
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Those patients at least 18 years old already scheduled for intravitreal injections.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Those patients not interested in participating in the study or not capable of filling out the questionnaire secondary to limited mental capability.
• Non- English speaking subjects will be excluded from the study.
• Those patients that participated in the study will not be allowed to participate a second time.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	No Music	Those patients receiving intravitreal injections who will not be listening to any music during injection.
1	Music Therapy	Those patients receiving intravitreal injections who will be listening to classical music during injection.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
This study aims to assess what affects music therapy has on patients receiving intravitreal injections. The subject will take a Satisfaction Survey after the procedure and an Anxiety Survey before and after the injection.	Before and after the subject's intravitreal injection.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale Eye Center; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States