Music in mind, a randomized controlled trial of music therapy for young people with behavioural and emotional problems: study protocol

Samuel Porter, Valerie Holmes, Katrina McLaughlin, Fiona Lynn, Christopher Cardwell, Hannah-Jane Braiden, Jackie Doran

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Aims. This article is a report of a trial protocol to determine if improvizational music therapy leads to clinically significant improvement in communication and interaction skills for young people experiencing social, emotional or behavioural problems. Background. Music therapy is often considered an effective intervention for young people experiencing social, emotional or behavioural difficulties. However, this assumption lacks empirical evidence. Study design. Musicinmindisamulti-centredsingle-blindrandomizedcontrolledtrial involving 200 young people (aged 8–16 years) and their parents. Eligible participants willhaveaworkingdiagnosiswithintheambitofInternational ClassificationofDisease 10 Mental and Behavioural Disorders and will be recruited over 15 months from six centres within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services of a large health and social care trust in Northern Ireland. Participants will be randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio to receive standard care alone or standard care plus 12 weekly music therapy sessions delivered by the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust. Baseline data will be collectedfromyoungpeopleandtheirparentsusingstandardizedoutcomemeasuresfor communicative and interaction skills (primary endpoint), self-esteem, social functioning, depressionandfamilyfunctioning.Follow-updatawillbecollected1and13 weeks afterthefinalmusictherapysession.Acost-effectivenessanalysiswillalsobecarriedout. Discussion. This study will be the largest trial to date examining the effect of music therapy on young people experiencing social, emotional or behavioural difficulties and will provide empirical evidence for the use of music therapy among this population. Trial registration. This study is registered in theISRCTNRegister,ISRCTN96352204. Ethical approval was gained in October 2010.
LanguageEnglish
Pages2349-2358
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Advanced Nursing
Volume68
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012

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Porter, Samuel ; Holmes, Valerie ; McLaughlin, Katrina ; Lynn, Fiona ; Cardwell, Christopher ; Braiden, Hannah-Jane ; Doran, Jackie. / Music in mind, a randomized controlled trial of music therapy for young people with behavioural and emotional problems: study protocol. In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2012 ; Vol. 68, No. 10. pp. 2349-2358.
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Porter, S, Holmes, V, McLaughlin, K, Lynn, F, Cardwell, C, Braiden, H-J & Doran, J 2012, 'Music in mind, a randomized controlled trial of music therapy for young people with behavioural and emotional problems: study protocol', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 2349-2358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05936.x

Music in mind, a randomized controlled trial of music therapy for young people with behavioural and emotional problems: study protocol. / Porter, Samuel; Holmes, Valerie; McLaughlin, Katrina; Lynn, Fiona; Cardwell, Christopher; Braiden, Hannah-Jane; Doran, Jackie.

In: Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 68, No. 10, 10.2012, p. 2349-2358.

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Porter S, Holmes V, McLaughlin K, Lynn F, Cardwell C, Braiden H-J et al. Music in mind, a randomized controlled trial of music therapy for young people with behavioural and emotional problems: study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2012 Oct;68(10):2349-2358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05936.x

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