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Comparing the effects of self-selected music versus predetermined music on patient anxiety prior to gynaecological surgery: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Article in Trials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03226834 (Comparison of Musicotherapy Sessions Using Patient Play-list Versus U Sequence Music Care Medical Device on Pre-operative Anxiety in Women Undergoing Gynecological Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Comparison of Musicotherapy Sessions Using Patient Play-list Versus U Sequence Music Care Medical Device on Pre-operative Anxiety in Women Undergoing Gynecological Surgery: a Randomized-control Study
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- The effect of a mobile application-based music intervention on pain levels and analgesic consumption following surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Trial
- Watching a movie or listening to music is effective in managing perioperative anxiety and pain: a randomised controlled trial.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Music Therapy in Reducing Dental Anxiety and Lowering Physiological Stressors.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2022Trial
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- Personalized Perioperative Music Listening: A Human-Centered Approach to Precision Anesthesia.Cureus · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundPatients undergoing gynaecological surgery are known to experience anxiety. While the use of music selected by patients based on their personal taste has hardly been evaluated, a recent study suggests that musical preferences significantly alter the anxiolytic and relaxing effects of music. Our study aims to determine whether self-selected music decreases patient anxiety prior to gynaecological surgery, as compared with predetermined music from a software programme such as MUSIC CARE®.
methodsThe study will consist of a clinical trial comparing the effects of self-selected music versus predetermined music on patient anxiety prior to gynaecological surgery. A minimum of 170 patients will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio. Inclusion criteria will be: women aged 18-55 years, awaiting scheduled gynaecological surgery under general/local anaesthesia or under sedation; having created a personal 20-min playlist; and not having received anxiolytic drugs prior to surgery. The primary outcome will be the difference between the preoperative anxiety score taken 15 to 20 min before the music-listening session and the preoperative anxiety score taken shortly after the session, as measured with the STAI for state anxiety. DISCUSSION: This study should help to identify more effective non-medical treatments for preoperative anxiety, as well as to adapt music therapy to the cultural context of patients.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT03226834 . Registered on 24 July 2017.
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