Investigation of Pain and Anxiety During Electrodiagnostic Examination Using Self-selected Music

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: self-selected music

• Registration Number: NCT01531400
• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesized that self-selected music played during electrodiagnosis is effective in relieving the discomfort caused by the procedures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2002-12
• Primary Completion: 2005-11
• Study Completion: 2005-11
• Study First Submitted: 2012-01-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-02-10
• Study First Posted: 2012-02-13
• Status Verified: 2012-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2012-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

Inclusion Criteria

Investigators recruited volunteer patient participants from patients referred to the electrodiagnosis laboratory of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in a medical center using convenient sampling.

The inclusion criterion is:

• adult patient with working diagnosis of possible neurological disorder and
• is referred for both nerve conduction study and needle electromyography

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria are:

• conscious disturbances,
• cognitive impairment, or
• language dysfunction.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
music	self-selected music	Investigators played self-selected background music in the music group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain (Visual Analogue Scale)	baseline and after needle electromyography, to measure the "change" of pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety, assessed by Linear Analogue Anxiety Scale (LAAS)	baseline and after electromyography

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taoyuan County, Taiwan