Analysis of Vital, Facial and Muscular Responses Front to Music or Message in Coma, Vegetative State or Sedated Patients

Objectives: (1) To check music or voice message influence on vital signs, facial expressions or muscular tonus of coma, vegetative or sedated patients; (2) To connect the existence of patient's responsiveness with the Glasgow Coma Scale or with the Ramsay Sedation Scale; (3)To evaluate the relation between the response and the score of Glasgow Outcome Scale.

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Key information

Conditions

Consciousness Disorders Behavior Communication Intensive Care Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurocognitive Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

HCFMUSP - Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

To be in disorder of consciousness;
To be evaluated according to one of the Scales and to have a score in the study range: in physiological comas, score between 3 to 8 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS); in induced coma, one of the last two scores of Ramsay Sedation Scale (RSS), R5 or R6;
To have hearing function preserved according to family;
To have written consent from the family or responsible party for the patient's participation

Exclusion criteria

Score between 9 to 15 in GCS or scores R1, R2, R3 or R4 in RSS

Treatment and study plan

Music and voice message

Other

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

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Registry information

Important dates

First posted: Jun 11, 2010
Registry last updated: Jun 11, 2010

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