Music Interventions During Wide-Awake Hand Surgery

Description

The purpose of this study is to examine if patients have a lower anxiety level during wide awake hand surgery while listening to their choice of music vs standardized relaxation music. Patients who are planning to undergo wide awake (local anesthetic only hand surgery) and agree to participate will be randomized to either a music intervention where they listen to their choice of music genre or standardized relaxation music during their time in the operating room. 170 participants will be enrolled and can expect to be on study for 2 weeks.

Conditions

Anxiety, Surgery

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to examine if patients have a lower anxiety level during wide awake hand surgery while listening to their choice of music vs standardized relaxation music. Patients who are planning to undergo wide awake (local anesthetic only hand surgery) and agree to participate will be randomized to either a music intervention where they listen to their choice of music genre or standardized relaxation music during their time in the operating room. 170 participants will be enrolled and can expect to be on study for 2 weeks.

Music Interventions During Wide-Awake Hand Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Music Interventions During Wide-Awake Hand Surgery

Condition
Anxiety
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Madison

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult (18 years of age or older) patients
  • * Undergoing Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery
  • * Patients under the age of 18
  • * Patients unable to consent for themselves
  • * Patients unwilling to consent
  • * Non-English speaking patients
  • * Patients with significant hearing impairment not able to be corrected with assistive devices

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Wisconsin, Madison,

Lisa Kruse, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Record Dates

2025-12