Evaluation of Interventions to Improve Pain Relief, Perceived Anxiety and Recovery in Participants Receiving Office Based Surgery

Participants in this condition will interact with nurses during their surgery. The nurses will not touch the patient's hand during treatment as this intervention looks at interaction with another person, in the absence of tactile stimuli.

Participants will be offered a choice of music to listen to from a selection at the clinic, they will also have the opportunity of bringing or selecting their own music which can be streamed from the internet. They will listen to the music through headphones

Participants will be provided with two stress balls which they will be encouraged to squeeze during their surgery and administration of the local anaesthetic

participants will be given a choice of DVDs to watch during their procedure. A wall mounted screen will be positioned so that participants can comfortably view the screen during their procedure. they will listen to the accompanying audio through wireless headphones.