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Music Interventions During Wide-Awake Hand Surgery

United States170 participantsStarted 2026-07

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (18 years of age or older) patients * Undergoing Wide Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery Exclusion Criteria: * 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

What they're measuring

Change in Visual Analog Scale-Anxiety (VAS-A) Score

Timeframe: day 0 post-operative, up to day 14

Change in State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Score

Timeframe: day 0 post-operative, up to day 14

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05472909

SponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-07

Contact for this trial

Katie Schjei

608-234-6719 Schjei@ortho.wisc.edu

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