Acute Effect of Sound Healing on Pain, Fatigue and Mood

NCT05795322 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Inn-AA-SS-002
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 63
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

There is evidence that sound healing improves health and well-being. However, sound healing modalities, such as tuning forks, continue to be understudied, especially among people with chronic illnesses. This study examined responses to a single session of sound healing and explored whether responses varied based on analogue pain, fatigue, and mood.

Conditions

Pain; Fatigue; Mood Change

Keywords

Sound healing with tuning forks

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Pain Intensity

  Visual Analogical Scale (VAS) from 0 to 10 scores where 0 describes no pain and 10 worst pain.

  From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention

• Change in Fatigue

  Visual Analogue Scale for Fatigue (VAS-F) with18 items relating to the subjective experience of fatigue, with each item representing how they currently feel along a visual analogue scale extending between two extremes (e.g., "not at all tired" to "extremely tired").

  From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention

• Change in Mood

  Visual Analogue Mood Scale using vertical 100 mm lines and schematic faces representing the following mood states: sad, afraid, angry, tired, energetic, happy, and confused.

  From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Patients Satisfaction

  From baseline to 30-minutes post intervention

Study Arms (1)

Tuning for Health

Community based group 'Tuning for Health' was set up to provide chronic condition self-management support to people. Trained, experienced therapist-led group used half an hour of sound healing in virtual session.

Other: Sound healing with tuning forks

Interventions

Sound healing with tuning forks OTHER

Over the course of a half-hour virtual session, a specially developed "triple OM track" created by tuning forks was played.

Tuning for Health

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People aged between 18-85, having long term illnesses for more than 6-month, completed 30-mins selected sound healing track with tuning forks virtually and shared their impact post session, were evaluated retrospectively.

You may qualify if:

• People with long term illnesses who attended 'Tuning for Health' virtual session

You may not qualify if:

• Who did not complete 30-mins Sound Healing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Innowage Limited: lead
• Aarogyam UK: collaborator
• Suara Sound Academy: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Aarogyam UK CIC

Leicester, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Fatigue

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Debbi Walker

  Suara Sound Academy

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Neha Sharma, PhD

  Aarogyam UK CIC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: INDUSTRY
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 21, 2023
• First Posted: April 3, 2023
• Study Start: February 24, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 4, 2023
• Study Completion: March 5, 2023
• Last Updated: April 3, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Locations

GB (1)