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The effect of oriental medicine music therapy on hwa-byung patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hwa-byung (anger syndrome)
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Registration Number
ISRCTN11939282
Lead Sponsor
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (Korea, South)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female over 20
2. Diagnosed as hwa-byung using hwa-byung Structured Clinical Interview (SCID) for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)
3. Written informed consent form taken
4. Has no problems with communication (reading, writing, listening, speaking, etc.)

Exclusion Criteria

1. In need of regular medication or psychotherapy
2. Has a severe neuro- or psychiatric disorder
3. Has a history of major neuro-psychiatric disorder (autism, learning disorder, mental retardation etc.)
3. Had a change in medication of anti-depressant or barbiturate in the past one month
4. Seriously irritable patient
5. Participated in any other clinical trial in the past 1 month from the screening day
6. Had a regular mind-body relaxation training in the past 1 year, music therapy, qigong, yoga, and meditation
7. Cannot understand written informed consent form or follow this study
8. Mental retardation and mental or emotional problems.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), measured at Visit 2 (Day 1, their first treatment session), Visit 9 (Day 25, their last treatment session), and Visit 10 (Day 53, the follow-up)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Hwa-byung scale<br>2. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)<br>3. State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI)<br>4. Hwa-byung primary symptoms Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)<br>5. World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF)<br>6. Salivary cortisol<br>Measured at Visit 2 (Day 1, their first treatment session), Visit 9 (Day 25, their last treatment session), and Visit 10 (Day 53, the follow-up).
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