Beyond COVID-19: Supporting Resilience With a Trauma-informed Music Composition Program

NCT05727514 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021P000904
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 14
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study explores the feasibility and acceptability of a music composition intervention to support resilience in survivors of serious illness hospitalized during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions

Problems Related to Life-Management Difficulty

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• New General Self-Efficacy Scale [NGSE]

  The New General Self-Efficacy (NGSE) scale evaluates one's perception of their overall ability to perform successfully in a variety of common scenarios by rating each item from 1-"Strongly Disagree" to 5-"Strongly Agree". Responses were scored by averaging the ratings across items. Min possible score: 1 Max possible score: 5 Min study score: 3.125 Max study score: 5.00 Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Data was collected at three time points over 5 months: Pre-Intervention (Baseline: upon enrollment), Post-Intervention (after the final intervention session), and Post-performance (after the final performance).

• Post-musical composition program questionnaire

  Four questions designed for this study elicited open-ended feedback regarding the participant experience of the program: (1) What did you enjoy about this program? (2) What did you find challenging about this program? (3) What did you learn about yourself through this program? (4) Would you recommend this program to other survivors of serious illness?

  Data was collected at one time point, within one week following the final session of the music composition intervention

• Post-musical performance program questionnaire

  Four questions designed for this study elicited open-ended feedback regarding the participant experience of listening to their music composition performed by professional musicians: (1) What was it like to hear your composition performed by professional musicians? (2) How did participating in this performance increase the impact of this program overall? (3) Does this program make you feel more confident about being able to be creative in the future? (4) Would you recommend attending the performance as part of this program to other survivors of serious illness?

  Data was collected at one time point, within two weeks following the end of the music performance

Study Arms (1)

enrolled participants

OTHER

participation in 4-session music composition program with optional viewing of performance at the end

Other: music composition

Interventions

music composition OTHER

4-session music composition program for participants lead by a composer-mentor, includes optional viewing of online string quartet performances of final musical scores

enrolled participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• to 60 years of age
• Massachusetts residents
• exhibiting English fluency
• in care with an MGB provider
• admitted as an inpatient for at least 3 days to an MGB hospital between March 15, 2020 and July 21, 2022
• not hospitalized within the month before starting the study.

You may not qualify if:

• neuropsychiatric illness impeding participation in the study including suicidality, psychosis, active substance use, and dementia

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Brigham and Women's Hospital: lead
• Berklee College of Music: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Nomi Levy-Carrick, MD, MPhil

  Brigham and Women's Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: participants identity was not disclosed during the program
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Psychiatrist; Vice Chair, Clinical Program, Dept Psychiatry

Model Details: case series

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2023
• First Posted: February 14, 2023
• Study Start: April 22, 2021
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2022
• Study Completion: February 1, 2023
• Last Updated: March 8, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)