Effect of Music on Pain and Anxiety During Nail Biopsies
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Music intervention, Local anesthesia injections.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Procedural Anxiety, Pain. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study is looking at whether listening to music during a nail biopsy can reduce pain and anxiety. Patients scheduled for a nail biopsy at the Weill Cornell Medicine dermatology clinic will be randomly assigned to either listen to a calming instrumental/classical music playlist during their procedure or receive standard care without music. After the procedure, participants will complete short questionnaires rating their pain, anxiety, and overall satisfaction. The goal is to determine whether a simple, low-cost music intervention can improve the experience of patients undergoing nail biopsies.
Interventions
- Behavioral Music intervention
A standardized playlist of instrumental, classical, and relaxing music delivered to participants beginning 2-3 minutes before local anesthesia administration and continuing throughout the nail biopsy procedure. The music is intended to reduce procedural pain and anxiety as an adjunct to standard care. - Procedure Local anesthesia injections
Local anesthesia injections
Primary outcome measures
- Mean pain intensity measured by Visual Analog Scale [Time frame: Immediately after the nail biopsy procedure]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Mean anxiety score measured by short-form State-Trait Anxiety Inventory [Time frame: Immediately after the nail biopsy procedure]
- Perceived helpfulness of music intervention (music group only) measured by single-item Likert scale [Time frame: Immediately after the nail biopsy procedure]
- Patient satisfaction score measured by single-item Likert scale rating overall experience [Time frame: Immediately after the nail biopsy procedure]
- Willingness to undergo future nail biopsy procedures measured by single-item yes/no question [Time frame: Immediately after the nail biopsy procedure]
- Number of participants with adverse events related to the procedure [Time frame: immediately after the nail biopsy procedure]
- Number of participants with adverse events related to the music intervention [Time frame: Immediately after nail biopsy procedure]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Male or female ≥18 years of age
- Scheduled to undergo nail biopsy at the Weill Cornell Medicine dermatology clinic
- Able to provide informed consent
- Able to read and understand English
Exclusion criteria
- Significant hearing impairment that would prevent ability to hear the music intervention
- Cognitive impairment that would prevent completion of study questionnaires
- Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Dermatology — New York
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07518953 · 25-12029644