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Group Music Therapy for Chinese Prisoners

NCT01633125 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 192

Last updated 2012-07-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The prevalence of psychological problems is high in prisons. Many prisoners have unmet needs for appropriate treatments. Although pilot studies have suggested music therapy to be a successful treatment modality for prisoners, more rigorous evidence is needed.

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of group music therapy to improve anxiety, depression, and self-esteem in prisoners. One hundred and ninety two inmates from a Chinese prison will be allocated to two groups through randomisation. The experimental group will participate in biweekly group music therapy for 10 weeks (20 sessions) while the control group will be placed on a waitlist. Anxiety, depression and self-esteem will be measured by self-report scales three times: before, at the middle, and at the end of the intervention. Logs by prisoners and daily behavior observation by trained prison guards will be used as additional information.

This study will increase the knowledge of the effectiveness of group music therapy. Results will be generalizable to Chinese prisons but also internationally. Generalizability to clinical practice will be high, and findings will be able support the further development of music therapy in prison.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Group music therapy

The academically trained music therapist with previous relevant clinical experience will apply receptive and active music therapy techniques. The receptive methods will include music imagery,The active techniques will include musical improvisation and song writing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jing X Chen, Master · Aalborg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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