Music Interventions During Wide-Awake Hand Surgery

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety, Surgery

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05472909

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

170

Starts

2026-07-01

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult (18 years of age or older) patients
• Undergoing Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• University of Wisconsin — Madison, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)

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