Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 18Years +
FEMALE
NCT04708808

The Effect of Music Therapy Under Ultrasound Guided Manual Vacuum Aspiration

Led by Chinese University of Hong Kong · Updated on 2026-05-07

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Participants Needed

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Research Sites

319 weeks

Total Duration

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What this Trial Is About

Manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) is one of the surgical treatment options for managing early pregnancy loss. When compared to traditional surgical method; MVA is safer, more cost-effective, due to its shorter hospitalisation period and not undergo the risk of general anaesthesia. The MVA procedure is performed under local anaesthesia and analgesics is given prior the procedure. However, majority of patients still complaint significant pain during the procedure. In our previous study, the investigator found women had high anxiety and stress levels when undergo miscarriage and the operation. Pain perception may further be affected by one's psychological state at the time of the procedure. Therefore reducing the patient's anxiety during the USG-MVA may further improve the patient's pain control and overall acceptance of the procedure. Music can act as a distracter and has a calming effect which turn the patient's attention away from negative stimuli. Yet, there has been no RCTs to investigate the beneficial effect of music therapy in pain control or reducing anxiety levels during USG-MVA. The investigator hypothesis the intervention of music therapy to our current pain control will reduce the pain and anxiety levels experienced by our patients during USG-MVA. Thus, there is a need to conduct an RCT to test our hypothesis. The study is conducted in an university affilated hospital for women undergo the USG-MVA procedure. The primary outcome is to evaluate in between group difference in the pain intensity after the USG-guided MVA procedure. The secondary outcome is to evaluate the difference in anxiety level . Case is randomized to music and non music group, Bluetooth headphone are provided during the procedure and case can choose their favourite songs. The outcome are measured by the self rated instrument: Visual analogue scale and the STAI trait anxiety score and the physiological measure salivary alpha amylase (sAA )score. The pain score and the anxiety level is measured pre operatively, immediate after the procedure and 2 hours post operatively. The SPSS-26 will be used for statistics analysis.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

The Effect of Music Therapy Under Ultrasound Guided Manual Vacuum Aspiration

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
FEMALE

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Women 18 years old or above
  • Hospitalized for termination of first trimester pregnancy under local anaesthesia
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Being a minor or adult protected by law
  • Not feasible for manual vacuum aspiration procedure
  • Partial or total hearing impairment
  • On anxiolytics or analgesics before arriving at hospital
  • Refusal to participate

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

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Research Team

H

Hiu Tan Margaret Lee

CONTACT

P

Pui Wah Jacqueline Chung, MBBS

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How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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