Pre-Operative Guided Meditation to Reduce Pre-Operative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cancer-Directed Surgery
Recruiting · NCT06949943 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
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What this trial is about
This clinical trial tests how well guided meditation, compared to silence, works to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer-directed surgery. Pre-operative anxiety affects patient experience and has been found to be a predictor of severe post-operative pain and chronic pain after surgery, influencing the success and quality of a patient's recovery. While medication is often prescribed to improve anxiety symptoms, research has showed that mindfulness techniques can be used to decrease anxiety, improve comfort, and can impact both psychological and physiologic symptoms. Completing pre-operative guided meditation may work well to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer directive surgery.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Participants will be recruited among patients who are scheduled for cancer-directed surgery
- Participants must be 18 years or older
Exclusion criteria
- Participants will be excluded from the study if they cannot speak English (as the meditation is recorded in English)
- Currently incarcerated
- Have a diagnosis of dementia
- Are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)
- Have a hearing impairment that would make them unable to hear the recorded meditation
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Columbus, Ohio, United States