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Sound Bite-- a Therapeutic Song-writing Program

NCT07371962 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-04-22

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Summary

The research aims to investigate the effectiveness of the therapeutic song-writing program on young people with depressive symptoms.

This study adopts a multicentre randomized control trial two arms research design. A randomised controlled trial will compare a typical 7-session therapeutic song-writing program with a waitlist-control group to determine whether the 7-session therapeutic song-writing program can produce better outcomes for young people with depressive symptoms, including improvement in depressive symptoms, self-stigma, self-esteem, sense of hope and social support at post-intervention. The 7-session therapeutic song-writing program will be delivered by trained and experienced social workers and helping professionals who are familiar with music therapy. A research staff, who does not involve in the group allocation and delivery of group intervention, conduct the intervention outcomes assessment of the participants before and after the intervention. Standardized assessment tools are used to assess the intervention outcomes. The ethical considerations of this study were reviewed and approved by the Human and Artefacts Ethics Sub-Committee of the City University of Hong Kong in 2025.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

therapeutic song-writing program

The therapeutic song-writing program consists 7 session. One session will be conducted per week, with each session lasting for about 90 minutes. A social worker and a helping professional who is familiar with music therapy will be recruited to run the therapeutic song-writing program at a collaborative social service centre and school. A standardized program manual is designed by the research team. The social workers and helping professionals who run the therapeutic song-writing program will receive training and supervision on conducting the therapeutic song-writing program by the research team.

BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist control group

Waitlist control group will receive will receive treatment as usual provided by the collaborative centres and schools, including recreational activities and interest classes, at the initial stage and will receive the same therapeutic song-writing program at a later stage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Command

    collaborator OTHER

  • City University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-17
Primary Completion
2027-08-31
Completion
2027-10-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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Diseases

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