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Musically-Guided Paced Breathing Improves Mental Health in War-Affected Adolescents

NCT06988800 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 213

Last updated 2025-10-14

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Summary

Examine the impact of a mindfulness condition, a guided paced breathing audiovisual intervention condition, and a guided paced breathing audiovisual intervention plus take-home application condition compared to a matched control condition on anxiety symptoms.

Conditions

  • Anxiety
  • Self-Efficacy
  • Depression Not Otherwise Specified

Interventions

DEVICE

Paced breathing wellness breathing sessions

The paced breathing condition used timed auditory and visual cues to guide participants through breathing cycles at a rate of five breaths per minute, designed to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system and promote relaxation. The audiovisual cues included spoken instructions, music, and breath-like sounds. The tonal audio cues rose in pitch during inhalation and fell during exhalation, creating a clear auditory signal for breath pacing. The same harmonic drone used in the mindfulness intervention provided a calming background, though here it was combined with the rhythmic pacing. Visually, the pacing was synchronized with the image of a lotus flower opening during inhalation and closing during exhalation, reinforcing the breathing rhythm.

DEVICE

Mindfulness video sessions

The audio component of the mindfulness intervention featured a female narrator guiding participants through mindfulness exercises, focusing on breath awareness and cultivating non-judgmental attention to thoughts and feelings. Ambient tonal sounds, including a harmonic drone with slow timbral changes, played softly in the background to support relaxation. Importantly, no rhythmic audio cues were included to avoid inducing breathing entrainment. This setup emphasized passive, mindful observation rather than active breath control, encouraging participants to observe their bodily sensations and thoughts without judgment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • MECI

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Muvik Labs

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Chelsea Gordon, PhD · Muvik Labs

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-21
Primary Completion
2024-05-09
Completion
2024-05-09

Countries

  • Palestinian Territories

Study Locations

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