Effects of Online Music Therapy for Children with Selective Mutism

UMIN ID: UMIN000054341

Registered date:08/05/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Selective Mutism
• Date of first enrollment: 2022/07/14
• Target sample size: 20
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): The Online Music Therapy for this study will consist of 15 sessions of 1 hours each, once every two weeks. The sessions will be conducted using video communication on the Internet.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: SMQ-R(Selective Mutism questionnaire-Revised)
• Secondary Outcome: CBCL(Child Behavior Checklist) Scale on Young children's Anxiety Tendencies SSQ(School Speech Questionnaire) SM-SCCS(Selective Mutism Social Communication Comfort Scale) Selective Mutism Stage Scale for Online Intervention Behavior outcomes Post-interview

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 3years-old
• Age maximum: 8years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Child 1.People who are judged to have difficulty participating in online music therapy due to hearing impairment, Movement disorder, etc. 2. People who are judged by the principal investigator to be inappropriate as research subjects. Parent 1. People who are unable to utilize the application for receiving online music therapy. 2. People who are judged by the principal investigator to be inappropriate as research subjects.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Tottori University
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Tottori University