Group Music Therapy for Chinese Prisoners: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 192
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change from baseline in State Trait Anxiety Inventory at 10 weeks
研究概览
简要总结
The prevalence of psychological problems is high in prisons. Many prisoners have unmet needs for appropriate treatments. Although pilot studies have suggested music therapy to be a successful treatment modality for prisoners, more rigorous evidence is needed.
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of group music therapy to improve anxiety, depression, and self-esteem in prisoners. One hundred and ninety two inmates from a Chinese prison will be allocated to two groups through randomisation. The experimental group will participate in biweekly group music therapy for 10 weeks (20 sessions) while the control group will be placed on a waitlist. Anxiety, depression and self-esteem will be measured by self-report scales three times: before, at the middle, and at the end of the intervention. Logs by prisoners and daily behavior observation by trained prison guards will be used as additional information.
This study will increase the knowledge of the effectiveness of group music therapy. Results will be generalizable to Chinese prisons but also internationally. Generalizability to clinical practice will be high, and findings will be able support the further development of music therapy in prison.
详细描述
Objectives
- The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of group music therapy in prison. Specifically, the investigators aim to determine whether group music therapy is associated with greater improvements in levels of anxiety, depression, and self-esteem among prisoners than the care that is normally provided. Additionally the investigators aim to explore the unique value of music therapy in prison, its potential advantages to other forms of therapy in this setting, and how it can be effectively implemented in the Chinese prison system.
Methods
- A randomized controlled study with individual assignment of participants to one of two parallel groups will be conducted to determine the effects of group music therapy compared to no treatment.
Participants
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Without diagnosis of psychotic problems
- •Show a higher level of anxiety or depression level than the average level of the normal population.
- •Have a remaining sentence of 6 months or more from the date of enrollment into the study.
排除标准
- •With severe physical diseases
- •With psychotic disorders
- •Intelligence quotient is ≤69 (mild mental retardation)
- •Unable to understand and complete the questionnaires
结局指标
主要结局
Change from baseline in State Trait Anxiety Inventory at 10 weeks
时间窗: Baseline and 10 weeks
Anxiety will be measured with the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The STAI contains two subscales that are relatively similar, and a qualified person will be present to make sure the participants understand the difference between them. The first subscale measures state anxiety (reflecting the current level of anxiety which can change quickly), whereas the second measures trait anxiety (reflecting anxiety as a more general trait that may also change over time but is more lasting than state anxiety).
Change from baseline in State Trait Anxiety Inventory at 20 weeks
时间窗: Baseline and 20 weeks
次要结局
- Change from baseline in Beck Depression Inventory at 10 weeks(Baseline and 10 weeks)
- Change from baseline in Beck Depression Inventory at 20 weeks(Baseline and 20 weeks)
- Change from baseline in Rosenberg Self-esteem Inventory at 10 weeks(Baseline and 10 weeks)
- Change from baseline in Rosenberg Self-esteem Inventory at 20 weeks(Baseline and 20 weeks)
- Change from baseline in Texas Social Behavior Inventory at 10 weeks(Baseline and 10 weeks)
- Change from baseline in Texas Social Behavior Inventory at 20 weeks(Baseline and 20 weeks)
研究者
Xi Jing Chen
Cand. PhD
Aalborg University