Comparing Mirror and Music for Dialysis Needle Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT07320859
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Inserting needles into the vascular access (fistula) is a major source of pain and anxiety for many hemodialysis patients. This study compared two simple, non-drug techniques to reduce this pain: listening to music and looking into a mirror during the needle insertion. A total of 75 adult patients receiving regular hemodialysis at Izmir Özel Can Dialysis Center were randomly divided into three groups: a music group, a mirror group, and a control group. Patients in the music group listened to calming, instrumental Turkish classical music (makam) via headphones during cannulation. Patients in the mirror group looked at the reflection of their healthy arm in a mirror. The control group received standard care without these interventions. Pain intensity was measured immediately after needle insertion using a 10-cm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), where 0 means "no pain" and 10 means "the worst imaginable pain." Pain scores were compared between the groups to determine which method was more effective. The results of this study may provide nurses and patients with easy-to-use, evidence-based options to make hemodialysis needle procedures less painful and stressful.
Study details
- Official title
- Mirror Therapy Versus Music Therapy for Pain During Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Pain, Procedural
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Interventions
- Device: Mirror Therapy (Visual Illusion Therapy)
- Other: Music Therapy
- Sponsor
- Izmir Kavram Vocational School
- Collaborators
- Izmir Bakircay University
- Start date
- 2025-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2025-12-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 85 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Being 18-85 years of age or older * Receiving HD treatment 3 days a week * Being able to read and write * Having no hearing impairment * Having Turkish as their native language * Having received HD treatment for at least 6 months * Having a VAS pain score \>3 * Agreeing to listen to music Exclusion Criteria: * Having a psychological disorder * Having communication problems * Having cancer * Not wanting to participate in the study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07320859