Music in Mind

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Social, emotional or behavioural difficulties in paediatrics; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Behavioural difficulties

• Registration Number: ISRCTN96352204
• Lead Sponsor: Queen's University Belfast (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 28 November 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. Young people aged between 8 and 16 years old, either sex
2. Working diagnosis within the ambit of the International Classification of Diseases, version 10 (ICD-10) of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (F00 - F99) as assessed within the Trust and/or by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) professional in charge of their care. This includes disorders falling within the following classifications:
2.1. Mood (affective) disorders (F30 - F39), e.g., depression
2.2. Neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders (F40 - 48), e.g., anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder
2.3. Disorders of psychological development (F80 - F89), e.g., pervasive developmental disorder (autism spectrum disorders)
2.4. Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90 - 98), e.g., hyperkinetic disorders and conduct disorders
3. Recruited from the CAMH Service of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland
4. Musical skills are not required. Prior musical skills will not lead to exclusion from the study.
5. The young person and their parent/guardian (who will also be asked to participate in the research) must freely consent to participation following receipt of information about the trial

Exclusion Criteria

1. Chronic and severe substance abuse: problems related to addiction lie outside the aims of this study. Moreover, substance abuse is likely to compromise concentration during sessions, and commitment to completing the therapeutic regime.
2. Psychosis: a secondary diagnosis of psychosis would presume a requirement for care additional to standard care
3. Repeated suicidal behaviour: a history of suicidal behaviour would presume a requirement for care additional to standard care
4. Incapacity to complete self-administered questionnaires with assistance from researcher: patients who, due to a learning disability as identified in a statement of educational needs, or who are unable to adequately understand written or verbal English, are deemed incapable of completing the self-reporting tests will not be included in the study
5. Receiving any other treatments or therapies outside of standard care which may interfere with Music in Mind. Patients who are in receipt of another creative therapy.
6. Inability to attend music therapy sessions at a Tier 3 facility: if circumstances of the client or parent/guardian are such that they will be unable to attend for trial visits or music therapy sessions (if randomised to treatment group) they will be excluded from the trial
7. Previously involved in Music in Mind. Young people who have previously been randomised for participation in Music in Mind are not eligible to be recruited at a later stage.
8. Non-consent: participants who decide not to consent, or whose parents/guardians decide not to consent will be excluded from the trial. These will be assured that this decision will have no implications for the care that they receive. The provision of music therapy in addition to standard care will be available to them if a clinical decision is made that this is appropriate.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The effect of music therapy upon communicative and interactional skills one week after completion of the music therapy course (parental and self report)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. The effect of music therapy upon communicative and interactional skills 13 weeks after completion of the music therapy course (parental and self report)<br>2. The effect of music therapy upon self esteem one week and 13 weeks after completion of the music therapy course (self report)<br>3. The effect of music therapy upon social functioning one week and 13 weeks after completion of the music therapy course (parental report)<br>4. The effect of music therapy upon depression one week and 13 weeks after completion of the music therapy course (self report)<br>5. The effect of music therapy upon family functioning one week and 13 weeks after completion of the music therapy course (parental report) <br>6. The cost-effectiveness of music therapy