Active and Passive Music Therapy Interventions

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Autonomic Nervous System Imbalance, Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis Suppression

In brief

Purpose: In this preparatory study, the investigators will demonstrate the feasibility of using a structured MT intervention as a treatment for MDD by measuring stress hormone levels and HRV before and after interventions. Participants: Participants will be healthy controls ages 18 to 34 years old, both male and female, english speakers, with no history or cardiovascular or neurological diseases. Procedures: A passive listening control will be used in conjunction with an active music therapy intervention to assess whether the physiological correlates can be targeted by active music-making. Participants will experience both the control and the intervention in separate sessions for a within participants design. HRV and saliva samples will be recorded pre and post intervention for both sessions. The investigators anticipate that the active MT intervention will produce greater physiological changes (pre intervention to post intervention) than the passive listening control. Model-based estimation of treatment effects and components of variance will inform our choice of the sample size deemed necessary for a subsequent grant-funded MT-MDD clinical trial.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03362944
Run by
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
People needed
16
Starts
2017-11-20
Expected to finish
2017-12-18
Last updated by the study team
2019-06-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 34. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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