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NCT Number: NCT01531400

Investigation of Pain and Anxiety During Electrodiagnostic Examination Using Self-selected Music

The investigators hypothesized that self-selected music played during electrodiagnosis is effective in relieving the discomfort caused by the procedures.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

15 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taoyuan County, 333, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Investigators recruited volunteer patient participants from patients referred to the electrodiagnosis laboratory of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in a medical center using convenient sampling.

The inclusion criterion is:

  • adult patient with working diagnosis of possible neurological disorder and
  • is referred for both nerve conduction study and needle electromyography

Exclusion criteria

The exclusion criteria are:

  • conscious disturbances,
  • cognitive impairment, or
  • language dysfunction.

Treatment and study plan

self-selected music

Other

Investigators played self-selected background music in the music group

Other names: self-selected background music

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain (Visual Analogue Scale)

    Time frame: baseline and after needle electromyography, to measure the "change" of pain

Secondary outcomes

  1. Anxiety, assessed by Linear Analogue Anxiety Scale (LAAS)

    Time frame: baseline and after electromyography

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2002
Primary completion
2005
Study completion
2005
First posted
Feb 13, 2012
Registry last updated
Mar 20, 2012

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