The Effect of Guided Imagery and Music Therapy on Post-Operative Recovery After Gynecological Oncology Surgery
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Cancer |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Oncology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 19 - Any |
| Updated: | 5/27/2013 |
| Start Date: | April 2010 |
| End Date: | August 2013 |
| Contact: | Amy Jonson, MD |
| Email: | jonso001@umn.edu |
| Phone: | 612-625-2824 |
This pilot study will be a prospective, randomized trial which will take place at the
University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC). Eligible patients will be identified at the
time of their first clinic visit. If selected to be involved in the study, the patients
will be randomized to one of three different groups: a Guided Imagery and Music therapy
group (GIMT) or one of two control groups.
The GIMT group will undergo a standardized regimen of peri-operative guided imagery and
music therapy guided by CDs. As there are no studies which discuss whether the act of
listening to any therapy will affect outcomes, we will also explore whether white noise can
affect outcomes as well. Therefore, one control group (WN) will abide by the same regimen
and will listen to a CD with white noise; the other control group (CP) will have no
intervention at all and will follow our current peri-operative procedures.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects will include women who are being seen at the Women's Health Center by the
Gynecological Oncology group at the University of Minnesota (UMMC). These women will
be considered for inclusion based on their projected surgery: exploratory laparotomy.
Subjects will have to have their surgery at the UMMC within 1 month of their clinic
visit. Patients may be undergoing surgery for either known cancer (ovarian or
uterine) or high suspicion for malignancy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- < 19 years old
- pregnant
- undergoing a procedure other than laparotomy
- scheduled to be discharged the same day of surgery
- chronic narcotic pain medication users
- if they are currently using or planning on using other complementary alternative
medicine (CAM) therapies prior to or after surgery.
We found this trial at
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site
425 E River Pkwy # 754
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
612-624-2620
Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota The Masonic Cancer Center was founded in 1991....
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