Music Intervention for Agitation Reduction in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Critical Illness

In brief

The objective of this study is to administer music therapy to patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in order to observe how music affects patient agitation, vital signs, and overall recovery in the unit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03453814

Run by

State University of New York at Buffalo

People needed

26

Starts

2018-11-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-30

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• PICU patient at Oishei Children's Hospital of Buffalo
• >4 years of age, <18 years of age
• Patients with RASS of +1

You may not qualify if…

• Documented underlying psychological disorders
• Diagnosed with sever developmental delay
• Prior narcotic dependence
• Underlying medical conditions affecting heart rate, blood pressure, or neuromuscular system
• Chemically paralyzed patients
• Anyone with an aneurysm
• Patients who are deaf in both ears
• Ear bone fractures or other middle/inner ear trauma or major ear avulsion as determined by physician
• Hemodynamically unstable patients
• Patients facing imminent death

Where it is running

• Oishei Children's Hospital — Buffalo, New York, United States

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