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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
150 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-11-30
2015-04-30
Brief Summary
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The study will consist of three different stages. Stages 1 and 2 will examine the effect of a variety of group activities - including participatory music, listening to live music, listening to recorded music and a non-music control - on psychological scales, saliva samples of stress hormones and cytokines, and subjective experience to see which provide the most relaxing, sociable and supportive environments for mutual recovery. Stage 3 will explore the impact of musical interventions over longer periods of time.
A systematic review we have just carried out has revealed a major gap in research comparing different music interventions and testing the effects of different lengths of interventions. As a result, our study should help us answer the following questions:
* Which aspect(s) of music can contribute to mutual recovery?
* Do carers, patients and musicians all respond to the same activities, or do some musical activities suit certain groups more than others?
* Do carers, patients and musicians all recover at the same rate?
* What length of intervention is most effective?
If certain interventions are found to produce stronger results than others, these results could help guide community groups and healthcare settings in their design of music activities and have implications for the spending of arts-in-health budgets.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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1a
6 weeks of group drumming workshops
Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
1b
6 weeks of group drumming workshops
Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
2a
2 weeks of active group drumming followed by 2 weeks of control activity involving a literary-based activity
Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
Comparative activity
Taking part in a literary-based activity
2b
2 weeks of the literary-based comparative activity followed by 2 weeks of watching live group drumming
Group drumming (live)
Listening to live performances of group drumming
Comparative activity
Taking part in a literary-based activity
2c
2 weeks of listening to live group drumming followed by 2 weeks of listening to recordings of group drumming
Group drumming (live)
Listening to live performances of group drumming
Group drumming (recorded)
Listening to recorded performances of group drumming
2d
2 weeks of listening to recorded group drumming followed by 2 weeks of participation in group drumming
Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
Group drumming (recorded)
Listening to recorded performances of group drumming
3a
10 weeks of participatory group drumming workshops
Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
3b
10 weeks of engagement with other non-musical social activities
Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
Interventions
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Group drumming (participatory)
Active participation in group drumming workshops
Group drumming (live)
Listening to live performances of group drumming
Group drumming (recorded)
Listening to recorded performances of group drumming
Comparative activity
Taking part in a literary-based activity
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Individuals of either gender and over the age of 18 who formally or informally care for mental health service users.
* Musicians who are professional workshop leaders and music students training to be professional musicians.
Exclusion Criteria
1. prevent an individual from giving informed consent
2. cause the individual to be a disruption to other participants
* Individuals for whom the music activity might conflict with other routine care.
* Individuals with gum disease which would invalidate saliva samples.
* Total deafness or severely impaired hearing.
* Musicians or music students who apply to participate in the project but who are not deemed to have sufficient experience or expertise.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Royal College of Music
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Aaron Williamon, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Royal College of Music
Locations
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Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music
London, , United Kingdom
Countries
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References
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Fancourt D, Perkins R, Ascenso S, Carvalho LA, Steptoe A, Williamon A. Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among Mental Health Service Users. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 14;11(3):e0151136. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151136. eCollection 2016.
Fancourt D, Perkins R, Ascenso S, Atkins L, Kilfeather S, Carvalho L, Steptoe A, Williamon A. Group Drumming Modulates Cytokine Response in Mental Health Services Users: A Preliminary Study. Psychother Psychosom. 2016;85(1):53-5. doi: 10.1159/000431257. Epub 2015 Nov 27. No abstract available.
Other Identifiers
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AH/K003364/1
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id