Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sensory Room Interventions in Healthy Adults

JRCT ID: jRCT1052240104

Registered date:06/08/2024

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Healthy adults, Mental Disorders, Calming, relaxation, sensory modulation
• Date of first enrollment: 09/03/2023
• Target sample size: 58
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

[Intervention using the Sensory Room]
5.0 m^2 x 2.0 m Sensory Room was created in Kyoto University Human Health Science Building, and the research subject and a licensed occupational therapist enter the room one by one. Inside the room, a bubble tube, a music player with healing music, a weighted blanket, a beaded cushion, an aroma diffuser, aroma oil, tactile ball, and a hand massager are placed. At the beginning, the research administrator proposes sensory stimuli based on the A/ASP scores of the participants according to their individual sensory processing characteristics, and gradually encourages the participants to select and adjust the sensory stimuli on their own. The intervention time is 30 minutes.

[Intervention using Sedentary Activity]
Participants will be asked to perform low intensity activities such as knitting, origami, puzzles, reading, etc. in a seated position for less than about 3 METs. The room is the same as the Sensory Room and is lit under illumination. The research subject and the research administrator, who is a licensed occupational therapist, enter the room one by one, and the research subject freely chooses the work activity. The intervention time will be 30 minutes.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: Resting Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA) pre- and post-intervention.

Secondary Outcome

(a)Variation in RSA values due to sensory stimulation of Sensory Challenge Protocol (SCP)
(b)EEG amplitude
(c)Cognitive Assessment Battery (CAB) score
(d)Profile of Mood States 2nd Edition (POMS2) scores

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 18age old
• Age maximum: <= 65age old
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: Age at registration must be at least 18 years old and the total score on the JSI-mini (Japanese Sensory Inventory mini) must be at least 1 point.
• Exclude criteria: History of heart disease; organic or functional impairment of vision, hearing, touch, taste, or smell; and history of mental, developmental, language comprehension, or motor dysfunction.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Inadomi Hiroyuki
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: the Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists,the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,the Kyoto University internal grant SPIRITS