Effect of Music on Pain and Anxiety in Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing Lumbar Interventional Procedures
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate, subjectively and objectively, whether playing music during procedures for treatment of chronic lower back pain has an effect on patients' anxiety and pain. The investigators hypothesize that playing music will result in reduced patient reported anxiety and pain scores and less variation from baseline of vital signs versus patients in the control group without music therapy. This is a pilot study.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age greater than or equal to 18 2. Female or male 3. Patients undergoing standard of care lumbar spinal interventional procedures including: epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who cannot consent for themselves, including cognitively impaired patients. 2. Non-English speaking patients 3. Patients taking beta blocker medication 4. Patients that have a pacer and have a set rate 5. Patients with self-reported hearing problems or with hearing aids
Interventions
- OtherMusic Therapy
We will play music of the subject's choice of genre during the procedure.
- OtherNo Music
No music will be played during the subject's interventional procedure
Location
- Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania