Soothing music fights ICU confusion in elderly patients

NCT ID NCT04182334

Summary

This study tested whether listening to slow-tempo music could help prevent or reduce delirium in older adults who are critically ill and on a breathing machine in the ICU. Delirium is a serious state of confusion linked to longer hospital stays and future memory problems. Researchers compared patients who received seven days of music listening through headphones to those who did not, measuring days free of delirium, pain, and anxiety.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Eskenazi Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • IU Health University Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • IU Health West Hospital

    Avon, Indiana, 46123, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Rochester

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Methodist Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

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