Efficacy of a Web App–Based Music Intervention During Cataract Surgery

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"Hypertensive events during cataract surgery may induce complications. Information and communication technologies applied to health are popular, but clinical evidence of its usefulness is rare and limited to treating anxiety without specific analysis. Recent publications have described the potential effects of personalized music choices as mobile-based intervention on pain but not on anxiety. To demonstrate the effects of a web app–based music intervention on the incidence of hypertension in participants during cataract surgery performed under local anesthesia. This randomized, single masked, controlled clinical trial was composed of 2 arms and took place at asingle center at Cochin Hospital in Paris, France.A total of 313 participants were screened between February 2017 and July 2018. Among these, 311 participants undergoing a phacoemulsification procedure for elective surgery for their first eye cataract under local anesthesia were enrolled. Analysis was intention to treat and began in September 2018 and ended November 2018." En bref issu de l'étude.