Personalized Music Impact on Dreaming During Propofol Sedation

This study is about understanding how personalized music and auditory stimulation can impact dreaming during sedation using Propofol, a common sedative. The study focuses on adults who are undergoing elective procedures under spinal anesthesia or peripheral nerve block with propofol sedation. The goal is to see if preferred music can increase dreaming and make it more pleasant, which could potentially improve the overall experience of sedation. This research is important as it could lead to better ways of managing patient comfort during medical procedures. Participants in this study are randomly assigned to one of three groups: Preferred Music, Matched Non-preferred Music, or Silence. Those in the Preferred Music group select a personally meaningful track that is played on loop through headphones during sedation. The Matched Non-preferred Music group listens to a pleasant non-selected track that is similar to the preferred selection in terms of tempo, genre, and loudness. The Silence group wears headphones but does not hear any music. The effects of the music are then measured by assessing dream incidence and dream pleasantness. Dream incidence is determined by asking participants if they had a dream, while dream pleasantness is rated on a scale from 0 to 10. The study also looks at other factors like patient satisfaction, sedative dose, and recovery endpoints.