Acute Effect of Sound Healing on Pain, Fatigue and Mood

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Fatigue; Mood Change
• Interventions: Other: Sound healing with tuning forks

• Registration Number: NCT05795322
• Lead Sponsor: Innowage Limited

Brief Summary

There is evidence that sound healing improves health and well-being. However, sound healing modalities, such as tuning forks, continue to be understudied, especially among people with chronic illnesses. This study examined responses to a single session of sound healing and explored whether responses varied based on analogue pain, fatigue, and mood.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-02-24
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Primary Completion: 2023-03-04
• Study Completion: 2023-03-05
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-21
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 63

Inclusion Criteria

• People with long term illnesses who attended 'Tuning for Health' virtual session

Exclusion Criteria

• Who did not complete 30-mins Sound Healing

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tuning for Health	Sound healing with tuning forks	Community based group 'Tuning for Health' was set up to provide chronic condition self-management support to people. Trained, experienced therapist-led group used half an hour of sound healing in virtual session.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Pain Intensity	From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention	Visual Analogical Scale (VAS) from 0 to 10 scores where 0 describes no pain and 10 worst pain.
Change in Fatigue	From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention	Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F) with18 items relating to the subjective experience of fatigue, with each item representing how they currently feel along a visual analogue scale extending between two extremes (e.g., "not at all tired" to "extremely tired").
Change in Mood	From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention	Visual Analogue Mood Scale using vertical 100 mm lines and schematic faces representing the following mood states: sad, afraid, angry, tired, energetic, happy, and confused.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients Satisfaction	From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention	Patients Satisfaction was measured using 5-Linkert Scale (Very dissatisfied, Somewhat dissatisfied, Neutral, Somewhat satisfied, Very satisfied)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aarogyam UK CIC; 🇬🇧 Leicester, United Kingdom