Drum Circle Synchrony Study 2c.a.

NCT ID: NCT06513845

Last Updated: 2024-09-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-08-31

Brief Summary

Mental health vulnerability due to stress is increased in People of African Descent (PADs) in America due to disproportionate effects of racism, poverty, education, and criminal justice sentencing. Various meditation and mindfulness approaches have provided evidence of measured reductions in multiple negative dimensions of stress. However, the majority of these studies do not have an adequate representation of PADs or other marginalized groups and are not designed to be culturally relevant or community based. Music has been shown to alleviate multiple symptoms of stress and has been shown to be a preferred and effective support for meditation and mindfulness. However, its role in stress management in PADs engaged in meditation or mindfulness is seldom studied. This study aims to evaluate the effects of a virtual, community-based music mindfulness program on stress management in PAD community members with anxiety and depression during COVID19.

2c.a. Drum Circle Synchrony Study: This study will investigate the role that synchrony plays in subjective feelings of connection.

Detailed Description

The investigators also propose a study to investigate the effects of communal drumming in reducing anxiety and increasing connectedness within drum circle community. Investigators hypothesize that these intervention will lead to reductions in scores on stress scales and will provide preliminary data for studies evaluating these types of community programs as an adjunct to the standard of care.

Musicians and non-musicians will listen to segments (~30 sec duration) of recordings taken from the music made during a previous arm of drum circle and answer a survey. Segments will be categorized as highly synchronized or not synchronized.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue; COVID-19

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Musicians group

Musicians will listen to segments (\~30 sec duration) of recordings taken from the music made during the previous drum circle and answer a survey asking how connected they felt while listening.Segments will be categorized as highly synchronized or not synchronized.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Communal drumming recordings

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Segments (\~30 sec duration) of recordings taken from the music made during the previous drum circle. Segments will be categorized as highly synchronized

Non-musicians group

Non-musicians will listen to segments (\~30 sec duration) of recordings taken from the music made during the previous drum circle and answer a survey asking how connected they felt while listening.Segments will be categorized as highly synchronized or not synchronized..

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Communal drumming recordings

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Segments (\~30 sec duration) of recordings taken from the music made during the previous drum circle. Segments will be categorized as highly synchronized

Interventions

Communal drumming recordings

Segments (\~30 sec duration) of recordings taken from the music made during the previous drum circle. Segments will be categorized as highly synchronized

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• ages 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria

• ages 17 and younger

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

AZA Allsop, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

BLOOM

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Musical Intervention Studios

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

AZA Allsop, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Aza.allsop@yale.edu

240-422-3289

Other Identifiers

2R25MH071584-11

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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2000028866_e

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id