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Clinical Application of Listening to Music to Prevent Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
Led by HOSPITAL BRITANICO DE BUENOS AIRES · Updated on 2026-02-04
330
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
51 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if listening to music can prevent delirium in older adults admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does listening to music increase the number of days participants are alive and free of delirium and coma during a 7-day period? * Is personalized music more effective than generic relaxing music? Researchers will compare Personalized Music and Relaxing Music to Standard Care (no study-provided music) to see if the music intervention improves delirium outcomes compared to usual care. Participants will: * Listen to music through headphones twice daily (morning and afternoon) for at least 30 minutes during a 7-day period (intervention groups). * Receive standard ICU care and undergo daily assessments for delirium and level of consciousness.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Clinical Application of Listening to Music to Prevent Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 65 years or older
- Negative Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) at the time of randomization
- Expected ICU stay of at least 48 hours based on clinical judgment at admission
You will not qualify if you...
- Positive CAM-ICU prior to randomization
- Acute primary central nervous system problems causing altered consciousness or preventing cognitive assessment
- Severe chronic cognitive impairment or advanced dementia needing permanent help with daily activities
- Unresolved hearing or vision problems
- Suspected or confirmed drug or alcohol intoxication at admission
- Uncontrolled psychiatric illness requiring intervention in the last 6 months
- Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale score less than -2 or greater than +2 at randomization
- Medical issues preventing safe use of headphones (e.g., burns, skull fracture, skin lesions)
- Inability to communicate effectively due to language difficulties
- Inability of patient or legal representative to give informed consent
- Patients near death, receiving end-of-life care, or with limits on treatment efforts
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina, C1280AEB
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Sebastián Consalvo, MD
CONTACT
F
Facundo J Gutiérrez, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
3
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