Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial using music prehabilitation to reduce preoperative anxiety before oncological colorectal surgery: the MU-PRIOR trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prehabilitation aims to improve preoperative health before surgery to reduce complications. Reducing anxiety helps prevent postoperative pain, stress and sleep disturbances. Listening to music through headphones or earpieces in the hospital directly preoperatively, intraoperatively and postoperatively has been shown to ameliorate anxiety, stress, pain and sleep disorders. This randomised controlled trial will investigate the effect of active music listening at home 1 week before surgery as a prehabilitation modality on preoperative anxiety compared with standard care.

Methods and analysis

This study is a multicentre randomised controlled trial that will include 116 patients. The study population consists of adults undergoing elective oncological colorectal surge

SUBMITTER: Verhoeven JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12049927 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature