Psychobiological Responses to Choral Singing in Mentally Ill and Healthy Children and Adolescents
NCT ID: NCT04454736
Last Updated: 2022-05-19
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
135 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-08-01
2023-07-31
Brief Summary
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Additionally, the child and adolescent psychiatry group (age range 13-18) takes part in three hour creative workshops every two weeks.
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Detailed Description
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Method: Children and adolescents (age range 10-18) under psychiatric treatment at the Department of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry in Salzburg (n=45), healthy children and adolescents from a school in Salzburg (n=45), and members from the Vienna Boys Choir (n=45) in Austria will be recruited to take part in the study. Subjective measures (mood, stress experience) will be taken pre- and post singing sessions once a week throughout six months. Additionally, salivary biomarkers (cortisol, alpha amylase and IgA), social contacts, and quality of life are assessed. Emotional competence, social competence, self-esteem, and chronic stress levels are measured at the beginning, after three months, at the end, and in a follow-up of the study.
The group of child and adolescent psychiatry taking part in the creative workshops will be additionally assessed via questionnaires regarding emotional regulation, self-esteem, and art experience before and after every workshop. Furthermore, some individuals of the child and adolescent psychiatry group will undergo fMRI evaluation of the brain before and after completion of all creative interventions.
Conclusion: Singing and other creative activities are suggested to benefit mental and physical health in children and adolescents. However, despite the current knowledge, the researchers must better understand the biopsychological mechanisms underlying choral singing in order to determine its full potential, particularly for vulnerable populations. This is the first study to investigate this issue in this population.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
BASIC_SCIENCE
NONE
Study Groups
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SBGmentdis
Children and adolescents with mental disorders at the Department of Child and Adolescents Psychiatry in Salzburg, Austria
"Amateur" Group Singing
45-minute singing session led by a professional choirmaster without a therapeutic background once a week
SBGhealthy
Healthy children and adolescents from schools in Salzburg, Austria
"Amateur" Group Singing
45-minute singing session led by a professional choirmaster without a therapeutic background once a week
VIEhealthy
Members from the Vienna Boys Choir, Austria
"Professional" Group Singing
120-minute singing session led by a professional choirmaster without a therapeutic background three times a week. Assessments take place twice a week.
Interventions
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"Amateur" Group Singing
45-minute singing session led by a professional choirmaster without a therapeutic background once a week
"Professional" Group Singing
120-minute singing session led by a professional choirmaster without a therapeutic background three times a week. Assessments take place twice a week.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Gender: male, female, different;
* Age: children and adolescents aged ≥ 10 and ≤ 18 years;
* Diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder according to ICD-10;
* Patients are admitted regardless of medication status and are allowed to the medication will continue to be used during the study;
* Additional therapies and medication are recorded and are not an exclusion criterion;
* Musical skills or a certain musical background are not required
* Written consent to study participation;
* Gender: male, female, different;
* Age: children and adolescents aged ≥ 10 and ≤ 18 years;
* Musical skills or a certain musical background are not required
Exclusion Criteria
* Criteria that prevent an application: hearing loss, states of confusion, inability to verbalize;
* Patients with acute externalizing behavior or self-harm/suicidality;
* Existing alcohol addiction or abuse of illegal drugs;
* Age: children and adolescents aged \<10 years and \> 18 years
* Criteria that prevent an application: hearing loss, states of confusion, inability to verbalize
10 Years
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Universität Mozartuem Salzburg
UNKNOWN
Salzburger Landeskliniken
OTHER
Paracelsus Medical University
OTHER
University of Vienna
OTHER
University of Salzburg
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Katarzyna Grebosz-Haring
Senior Scientist, Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Katarzyna Grebosz-Haring, Dr.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Mozarteum Salzburg, University of Salzburg
Leonhard Thun-Hohenstein, Prof. Dr.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebsges.m.b.H.
Locations
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Salzburger Landeskliniken, Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie
Salzburg, , Austria
University Mozarteum Salzburg/University of Salzburg
Salzburg, , Austria
University of Vienna
Vienna, , Austria
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Grebosz-Haring K, Thun-Hohenstein L. Effects of group singing versus group music listening on hospitalized children and adolescents with mental disorders: A pilot study. Heliyon. 2018 Dec 17;4(12):e01014. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e01014. eCollection 2018 Dec.
Grebosz-Haring, K., Thun-Hohenstein, L. (2020). Singing for Health and Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders. In R. Heydon, D. Fancourt, A. Cohen (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing: Vol 3 Wellbeing. London: Routledge.
Linnemann, A., Schnersch, A., Nater, U. M. (2017). Testing the beneficial effects of singing in a choir on mood and stress in a longitudinal study: The role of social contacts. Musicae Scientiae, 21(2), 195-212.
Ali N, Nater UM. Salivary Alpha-Amylase as a Biomarker of Stress in Behavioral Medicine. Int J Behav Med. 2020 Jun;27(3):337-342. doi: 10.1007/s12529-019-09843-x.
Other Identifiers
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Grebosz-Haring SingingStudy
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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