Beyond COVID-19: Supporting Resilience With a Trauma-informed Music Composition Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Problems Related to Life-Management Difficulty
• Interventions: Other: music composition

• Registration Number: NCT05727514
• Lead Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Brief Summary

This study explores the feasibility and acceptability of a music composition intervention to support resilience in survivors of serious illness hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description

This study explores the feasibility and acceptability of a music composition intervention to support resilience in survivors of serious illness hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic introduced widespread trauma for patients facing hospitalization. Therapeutic music interventions have demonstrated positive psychological effects, but none have explored the specific trauma-informed aspects of a composition-mentor program, as well as the specific impact of music composition on resilience-related traits.

Researchers implemented an adapted version of the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers program (VYC): trained composer-mentors guide participants through four web-based sessions to elicit and develop participants' unique musical ideas into finished compositions. Participants are then invited to view a string quartet performance of their compositions. The Brief Resilience Scale \[BRS\] and New General Self-Efficacy Scale \[NGSE\] are administered pre-intervention, post-intervention, and post-performance.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-22
• Primary Completion: 2022-11-30
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study Completion: 2023-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-12
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 14

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 to 60 years of age
• Massachusetts residents
• exhibiting English fluency
• in care with an MGB provider
• admitted as an inpatient for at least 3 days to an MGB hospital between March 15, 2020 and July 21, 2022
• not hospitalized within the month before starting the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• neuropsychiatric illness impeding participation in the study including suicidality, psychosis, active substance use, and dementia

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
enrolled participants	music composition	participation in 4-session music composition program with optional viewing of performance at the end

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
New General Self-Efficacy Scale [NGSE]	Data was collected at three time points over 5 months: Pre-Intervention (Baseline: upon enrollment), Post-Intervention (after the final intervention session), and Post-performance (after the final performance).	The New General Self-Efficacy (NGSE) scale evaluates one's perception of their overall ability to perform successfully in a variety of common scenarios by rating each item from 1-"Strongly Disagree" to 5-"Strongly Agree". Responses were scored by averaging the ratings across items.; Min possible score: 1 Max possible score: 5; Min study score: 3.125 Max study score: 5.00; Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Post-musical performance program questionnaire	Data was collected at one time point, within two weeks following the end of the music performance	Four questions designed for this study elicited open-ended feedback regarding the participant experience of listening to their music composition performed by professional musicians: (1) What was it like to hear your composition performed by professional musicians? (2) How did participating in this performance increase the impact of this program overall? (3) Does this program make you feel more confident about being able to be creative in the future? (4) Would you recommend attending the performance as part of this program to other survivors of serious illness?
Post-musical composition program questionnaire	Data was collected at one time point, within one week following the final session of the music composition intervention	Four questions designed for this study elicited open-ended feedback regarding the participant experience of the program: (1) What did you enjoy about this program? (2) What did you find challenging about this program? (3) What did you learn about yourself through this program? (4) Would you recommend this program to other survivors of serious illness?

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Brigham and Women's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States