Comparison of Music and Ambient Noise Cancellation in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
- Where
- Türkiye1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Completed
- People taking part
- 90 people enrolled
- Started
- 15 Mar 2024
- Ended
- 15 Sept 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 3 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- No noise cancellation and no music playing
- Noise cancelled but not allowed to listen to music
- Music is played but noise is not cancelled
- Record updated
- 27 October 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 55 years and older
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patients diagnosed with stage 3-4 gonarthrosis
- Patients under spinal anaesthesia
- Patients undergoing unilateral knee replacement
Who cannot take part
- Patients with a history of previous knee joint surgery
- Patients with a known history of rheumatological disease and inflammatory arthropathy
- Patients with dementia
- Patients with psychiatric illness
- Patients taking anxiolytic and antidepressant drugs without any history of psychiatric illness
- Patients with a history of active smoking
- Patients under 55 years of age
- Male patients
- Patients with hearing problems
- Illiterate patients
- Patients under general anaesthesia
- Patients with bilateral prosthesis
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim of this clinical trial is to compare the effects of music and ambient noise cancellation during total knee arthroplasty and to analyse the effects on patients. The study will also collect information on patients' functional knee scores and anxiety levels. The main questions to be answered are the following:
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Does the blocking of music or ambient noise, which is predicted to reduce anxiety, reduce people's anxiety levels? To what extent are participants affected by ambient noise? Does music or ambient noise blocking lead to an improvement in patients' functional scores?
The researchers will work with 3 groups of patients who will be exposed to ambient noise blocking, music playing and ambient noise during knee replacement surgery.
Participants will do the following:
Be asked questions about anxiety and knee function scores before and after surgery.
Attend clinical examinations at specified times for checks and tests. Outcomes will be assessed and recorded at appropriate times.
The 3 groups in the trial
- Patients who do not undergo noise cancellation during surgeryExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients who do not undergo noise cancellation during knee replacement surgery
Treatment: No noise cancellation and no music playing
- Patients undergoing noise cancellation during surgeryExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients undergoing noise cancellation with the help of an over the head earmuff with noise cancelling properties during knee replacement surgery
Treatment: Noise cancelled but not allowed to listen to music
- Patients who were played music during the operationExisting treatment, for comparison
Patients who were played music that has been shown to reduce anxiety during surgery.
Treatment: Music is played but noise is not cancelled
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Comparison of the Effects of Music and Ambient Noise Cancelling on Post-operative Pain, Anxiety and Functional Outcome During Total Knee Arthroplasty.
- Record updated
- 27 October 2026