Adolescent Executive Functioning and Drumming Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: HIV/AIDS; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

• Registration Number: PACTR201804003332337
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

12-19-year-old male and female adolescents with chronic diseases (both HIV-positive and HIV-negative participants will be included to protect the HIV status) attending the clinic.
- Participant is willing and able to give informed consent (for those aged 18 or 19 years old) or assent (for those aged 12 to 17 years old).
- The primary caregiver is willing to give informed consent for participation in the study on behalf of participants aged 12 to 17 years old.
- Participant¿s HIV status is known.
- Participant is willing to share his/her HIV status with the study team.
- Participant knows his/her own HIV status.
- The participant must currently live in the MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Site villages and plan to remain in the study area for the next 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

- profound hearing loss or deafness
- current severe infective illness
- another uncontrolled medical condition
- cerebral palsy
- known intellectual disability due to another cause
- epilepsy
- recent central nervous system infections
- current or previous brain malignancies
- a previous stroke
- history of a significant head injury
- current participation in a band or music group that involves the playing of musical instruments by the participant.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified