Music in the Emergency Department (ED)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety

In brief

This will be a randomized controlled study evaluating the effect of a music-listening intervention compared to standard care (control) during patient visit to the emergency department (ED). Randomization will be done with consecutive sealed envelopes. Data collection will be prospective with administration of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory and collection of physiologic parameters (pain level, heart rate, blood pressure). Retrospective data will also be collected for covariate analysis (age, race/ethnicity, emergency severity index (ESI), pain medications administered during the ED visit, pain scores throughout ED visit, chief complaint, and ED discharge diagnosis).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03047915

Run by

Columbia University

People needed

169

Starts

2016-06-01

Expected to finish

2020-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-11

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Present to the ED
• Aged 65 or over
• Speak English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Individuals who are deaf
• Prisoners
• Individuals who cannot give informed consent

Where it is running

• Columbia University Irving Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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