Online musical intervention to promote emotional stability and self-esteem improvement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UMIN ID: UMIN000055662

Registered date:29/09/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up continuing
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: abused children in foster care
• Date of first enrollment: 2022/10/01
• Target sample size: 10
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): The online environment will be used to teach the subject how to play guitar, drums, or any other instrument of his/her choice. There will be a total of 10 sessions every other week.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: The following items will be assessed before and after the intervention. QIDS-J Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology AFQ-Y Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth SCAS Spence Children's Anxiety Scale SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ADHD-RS-4 ADHD Rating Scale ABC-J Aberrant behavior checklist SDQ-P Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire SCAS-P Spence Childrens Anxiety Scale The above items will also be assessed at 3 and 6 months after the end of the intervention to verify the long-term progress.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 6years-old
• Age maximum: 18years-old
• Gender: Male and Female
• Exclude criteria: Persons who fall under any one of the following shall be excluded as eligible 1. Those whose age is less than 6 years old or more than 19 years old 2. Persons with hearing impairment 3. Persons with visual impairment 4. Other patients deemed inappropriate as research subjects by the principal investigator.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui Shintaro Fukumoto
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology