Effects of Live Music on the Perception of Noise in the SICU: A Patient, Caregiver, and Medical Staff Environmental Study

Effects of an Integrative Music Therapy Program on the Perception of Noise in the SICU: A Patient, Caregiver, and Physician/Nursing Environmental Study

The use of live music in SICU might affect the perception of noise, which may reduce staff's stress level and further decrease the possibility of clinical errors, reduce patient's anxiety and perception of pain as well as increase compliance from patient and family. Live music might also enhance the quality of stay and promote a holistic healing process for the patient.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Pain; Stress; Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Live music

Detailed Description

In this study, the research team is looking at the effect of the live music provided by a trained music therapist, created through incorporating the noises in the SICU - such as the beeping of the machines as part of the elements in the music, to organize the sound environment as well as introducing familiar songs, chosen according to the cultures and ages of the patients, caregivers and staff, to increase a sense of familiarity and comfort. Through the intervention, the research team hope to ameliorate the effects of a noxious sound environment, which may reduce the stress level of the staff and increase their acuity level while decrease patients and caregivers' anxiety level and improve their mood state and the quality of hospitalization

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 204
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10003
      • Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• SICU patients, caregivers, and physicians/nursing staff

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-medical Staff

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Live music; 1-hour live music 5 days/week	Other: Live music; Providing 1-hour live music 5 days/ week.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-report stress level from SICU staff	Environmental music therapy will reduce stress level for SICU staff.	6 months
Pre and Post-intervention score on the perception of SICU noises from SICU and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for SICU patients	Environmental Music Therapy will ameliorate the perception of noises and decrease the anxiety level of SICU patients and caregivers	1 week
Pre and Post-intervention score on the perception of SICU noises from SICU patients, caregivers		1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Joanne Loewy, DA, Mount Sinai Union Square

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 2, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): March 2, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 27, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 17, 2014
• First Posted (Estimated): October 21, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): February 14, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 13, 2024
• Last Verified: February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: GCO 16-0936; IRB 088-10 (Other Identifier: Beth Israel Medical Center)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No