Effect of Music Therapy in Mental Subhealth (EMTMS)

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Conditions studied: Depression, Anxiety

In brief

Mental health is increasingly at the forefront of concerns, especially since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. However, not all individuals under mental subhealth need pharmaceutical treatment. Music Therapy (MT) can make peoples gradually relax via relaxing and soothing music, and regulate individual psychological emotions through the influence of music on individuals' cerebral cortex, hypothalamus and limbic system, further improve the mood of daily tension and anxiety. This study adopted randomized clinical trials design, with two groups of MT group and Waiting group both under mental subhealth. The MT group received music therapy and routine activities, while the Waiting group received music therapy after the therapy of MT group. Data collections were performed by trained, certified, and qualified personnel. The study aims to provide that MT is an effective intervention way to alleviate the mental subhealth state in the future.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05648539

Run by

Jiangsu Province Nanjing Brain Hospital

People needed

150

Starts

2023-04-19

Expected to finish

2027-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2023-04-18

Who can join

Age: 16 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A total of > 5 on PHQ-9 or a total of > 5 on GAD-7

You may not qualify if…

• Acute suicidal thoughts, With a severe or potentially confounding psychiatric disorder (e.g. psychosis, substance misuse).

Where it is running

• Affiliated Nanjing Brain Hospital, Nanjing Medical University — Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (enrolling)

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