Music Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Depression
• Interventions: Drug: Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor; Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Other: Music therapy

• Registration Number: NCT02314195
• Lead Sponsor: Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht

Brief Summary

Previous studies have highlighted the potential therapeutic benefits of receptive individual music therapy as an adjunct to standard care, in a variety of psychiatric ailments including mood and anxiety disorders. However, the role of music in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder have not been investigated to date. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the efficacy of music therapy as an adjunct to standard treatment, on obsessions in patients with treatment-naïve OCD. Moreover, given the fact that a significant proportion of patients with OCD have other comorbid mood or anxiety disorders, the question of whether therapeutic benefits of music could be expanded to also affect concurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms was explored.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-04
• Primary Completion: 2014-06
• Study Completion: 2014-08
• Study First Submitted: 2014-11-27
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-10
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• were at least 18 years or older;
• had axis I diagnosis of OCD according to the criteria delineated by the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders - fourth edition diagnosed by an experienced psychiatrist
• had not received treatment previously for the disorder
• agreed to partake in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• refused to partake in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standard treatment + music therapy	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy. Music therapy encompassing 12 half-hour sessions of therapist-supervised receptive music therapy scheduled over four weeks
Standard treatment + music therapy	Music therapy	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy. Music therapy encompassing 12 half-hour sessions of therapist-supervised receptive music therapy scheduled over four weeks
Standard treatment + music therapy	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy. Music therapy encompassing 12 half-hour sessions of therapist-supervised receptive music therapy scheduled over four weeks
Standard treatment only	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy.
Standard treatment only	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor	Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Obsession (Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory)	1 month	Post-intervention scores on Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Obsession subtype (Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory sub-types)	1 month	Post-intervention scores on Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory sub-types
Anxiety symptoms (Beck Anxiety Inventory)	1 month	Post-intervention scores on Beck Anxiety Inventory
Depressive symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory - Short Form)	1 month	Post-intervention scores on Beck Depression Inventory - Short Form

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shariati Hospital; 🇮🇷 Esfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of