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Relational Music Therapy Procedural Support for Paediatric Patients and Families Facing Repeated Invasive Procedures

NCT07680348 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2026-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study explores how personalised music therapy can support children and their parents during repeated medical procedures, such as blood tests or injections. Many children find these procedures painful or frightening, and repeated experiences can lead to high anxiety and difficulty coping. Parents often feel distressed as well, which can affect how well they are able to support their child. Because children and parents regulate each other emotionally, helping both members of the pair is important for reducing distress.

This study aims to explore how personalised music therapy-based procedural support (MTPS) influences the relational and emotional processes that help children and their parents cope, regulate, and build resilience during repeated medical procedures.

Conditions

  • Paediatric
  • Invasive Procedure
  • Relation, Family
  • Music Therapy
  • Procedural Fear

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Music Therapy-Based Procedural Support (MTPS)

Each participating dyad will take part in 2-5 preparatory music therapy sessions to familiarise them with the MTPS intervention. These sessions: * Introduce the child and parent to personalised music-based strategies. * Help the therapist understand what kinds of sounds, rhythms, or musical approaches help the child feel safe and regulated. * Give the parent tools to support their child's coping. During two or more of the child's routine medical procedures, the music therapist will be present to provide real-time music therapy-based support. This may include singing, rhythmic grounding, breathing with music, or familiar musical elements chosen with the family. The intervention is tailored to each child and family and aims to support emotional regulation, coping, and parent-child co-regulation during repeated invasive procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anglia Ruskin University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-30
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2027-01-31

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