Music Intervention in the Treatment of Sleep Disorders for Depressed Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression; Insomnia
• Interventions: Other: Music intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02376686
• Lead Sponsor: Sanatorium Kilchberg AG

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether music hearing in the evening before going to sleep can improve sleep quality, depressive symptoms and quality of life in patients with affective disorders.

Detailed Description

Disrupted sleep including Problems of initiating and maintaining sleep are most often symptoms in patients with depressive Syndromes and often persist after successful treatment of affective symptoms. Normally disrupted sleep in the context of affective disorder is treated with sleep medication, which can lead to severe and sometimes intolerable side effects.

A non-pharmacological approach for improving sleep Quality is Hearing Music before going to sleep. Classical indian Music can improve sleep Quality in depressed patients. In a danish study protocol Western Music improved sleep quality in patients with disturbed sleep and posttraumatic stress disorder.

The investigators want to use western Music to improve sleep . In a three week Intervention time, patients shall hear before going to sleep every night for one hour relaxing Music. The control group receives Treatment as usual. After the end of Intervention, every participant has the possibility to use the sleep inducing Music.

The aim of the study is to prove whether Hearing Music before going to sleep over three weeks improves subjective sleep quality, self rated depressive symptoms and Quality of life and objective Parameters such as sleep duration and sleep latency, measured by actigraphy. In a follow-up interview four weeks after the Intervention the investigators want to prove if the effects continue after end of Intervention.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-02-25
• Study First Posted: 2015-03-03
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Primary Completion: 2023-02
• Study Completion: 2023-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• inpatient and outpatient treatment in Sanatorium Kilchberg
• one of the following diagnoses according to ICD 10: F32, F33, F34.1, F34.21, F34.8,
• Age between 18 and 65 years
• completed Primary education Level
• good command of the german language
• able to understand Patient information,
• given informed consent,

Exclusion Criteria

• no informed consent
• one or more of the following diagnoses according to ICD 10: F32.3, F33.2, F31.3, F31.4, F60.31, F10, F13, F00, F01, F02, F03, G47.3, G25.8, H90, H91
• patients with acute suicidal tendency
• pregnant or breastfeeding women

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Music intervention	Music intervention	Patient receives Music Intervention before going to sleep.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
objective sleep Quality	up to four weeks	Measurement with actimeter

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
subjective sleep Quality	up to eight weeks	Measurement by questionnaire, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sanatorium Kilchberg AG; 🇨🇭 Kilchberg, ZH, Switzerland