Music vs. No Music During Cesarean Delivery on Patient Satisfaction

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Conditions studied: Patient Satisfaction

In brief

Several studies have demonstrated that music can improve various outcomes during labor and delivery. However, many of these studies didn't measure satisfaction rate accurately. This study aim to assess patient satisfaction in the setting of music or no music during the cesarean delivery. The study will be conducted in the labor and delivery unit and the expected number to enroll and complete the study is 22.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03412019

Run by

Tufts Medical Center

People needed

22

Starts

2018-02-21

Expected to finish

2019-08-06

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age: 18-50 years old
• Scheduled for elective cesarean delivery
• Nulliparity
• Singleton pregnancy
• Full term fetus (≥37.0 weeks gestational age)
• Healthy fetus (no known congenital diseases at the time of surgery)
• Requesting neuraxial anesthesia for the procedure
• Able to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patient refusal
• Prior history of extensive abdominal surgery
• Active labor
• Contraindication to neuraxial anesthesia
• Uncorrected coagulopathy
• Infection at the skin site of epidural placement
• Increased intracranial pressure
• Untreated hemodynamic instability
• Known hypersensitivity to local anesthetics (a.k.a. amide or ester allergy)
• Patients with impaired hearing
• Patient on anti-anxiolytic medication

Where it is running

• Tufts Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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