Clinical trial · Interventional
Therapeutic Listening in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
The Influence of Therapeutic Listening on Anxiety and Fear Related to Surgery in Patients Preoperatively of Colorectal Surgery: a Randomized Clinical Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a randomized clinical trial that aims to investigate the effect of therapeutic listening anxiety and preoperative fear of patients hospitalized for surgical treatment of colorectal cancer. Physiological variables will be evaluated (heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate), cortisol and salivary amylase and anxiety scores by State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and fear for Surgery Fear Questionnaire. The data of the variables will be compared at two different times (before and after the intervention).
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Fear | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic listening | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Experimental Group
- description
- This group will receive the therapeutic listening.
- interventionNames
- Other: Therapeutic listening
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- This group will receive usual care offered by the hospital where the study will be conducted.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
- timeFrame
- Patients will be followed on three occasions during the preoperative period, an average of 24 hours before surgery.
- description
- Change in STAI, a questionnaire to assess anxiety levels.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * be 18 years of age; * be hospitalized for performing surgical oncology; * not be performing another treatment for cancer; * not be participating in another study; * be clinically well and / or stable (have score less than or equal to 3 by the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - Performance Status). Exclusion Criteria: * being illiterate, a condition that will prevent the participant to answer the questionnaires and instruments of the study, which are self-administered; * be in possession of psychiatric disorders; * be using medication containing corticosteroids.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDGarcia ACM, Simao-Miranda TP, Carvalho AMP, Elias PCL, Pereira MDG, Carvalho EC. The effect of therapeutic listening on anxiety and fear among surgical patients: randomized controlled trial. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2018 Aug 9;26:e3027. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.2438.3027. PMID 30110103