Effectiveness of Musical Training in Children From Low Income Families

NCT02762786 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PhD_2
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 171
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of musical training in promoting happiness and quality of life of preschool children from low-income families. Participants in the experimental group will attend a weekly 1-hour musical training lesson for 12 weeks conducted by the Music Children Foundation. While participants in the waitlist control group received the same training after the experimental group had completed the intervention.

Conditions

Child

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The change of quality of life from baseline at 12 weeks follow-up between intervention and control group.

  The subjects' quality of life will be assessed at 12 weeks after starting the intervention, using the Chinese version of the Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 Generic Core Scale (PedsQL 4.0). The parents will be asked to fill in this questionnaire for their children. The PedsQL is designed to measure children's healthrelated quality of life. It comprises 23 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale. These items are categorised into four domains: physical functioning (eight items), emotional functioning (five items), social functioning (five items) and school functioning (five items). The total possible range of scores is from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better quality of life.

  12 weeks follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Quality of life at baseline between intervention and control group.

  baseline

• Happiness at baseline between intervention and control group.

  baseline

• The change of happiness from baseline at 12 weeks follow-up between intervention and control group.

  12 weeks follow-up

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the experimental group will receive weekly one-hour lessons on musical training for 12 weeks, conducted by the Music Children Foundation. The Music Children Foundation is a non-governmental organization established by a group of professional musicians with the objective of transforming children's lives and instils positive values in the entire community through music. It aims to provide free musical training to low-income children and children with chronic diseases, including those with Down's syndrome, mucopolysaccharidoses, skeletal dysplasia and visual impairment.

Behavioral: musical training

Wait-list control group

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the waitlist control group will receive the same training after the experimental group had completed the intervention.

Interventions

musical training BEHAVIORAL

The subjects in the experimental group will receive weekly one-hour lessons on musical training for 12 weeks, conducted by the Music Children Foundation.

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• be aged from 3 to 6 years,
• be able to communicate in Cantonese,
• be from low-income families; that is, less than half the median monthly household income or recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance.

You may not qualify if:

• children who had studied or were studying (at the time of the intervention) a musical instrument
• children who were receiving other community services at the time of the intervention,
• children with chronic illness or identified cognitive and learning problems.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ho LLK, Li WHC, Cheung AT, Xia W, Ho KY, Chung JOK. Low-income parents' perceptions of the importance of a musical training programme for their children: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 25;20(1):1454. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09568-7.

  PMID: 32977785 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Ho Cheung William Li

  The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 3, 2016
• First Posted: May 5, 2016
• Study Start: March 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2017
• Study Completion: February 28, 2018
• Last Updated: June 1, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)