The Effects of Music Therapy as a Complementary Intervention in the Treatment of Pediatric Asthma

Asthma Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Music Therapy as a Complementary Intervention in the Treatment of Pediatric Asthma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02201836
• Other study ID #: 142-04
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 24, 2014
• Last updated: July 24, 2014
• Start date: January 2006
• Est. completion date: January 2012

Study information

• Verified date: July 2014
• Source: Beth Israel Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The onset of asthma is particularly frightening for children. When the symptoms of asthma decrease, children and parents forget about the maintenance and control of breath and lung volume. Because adherence is so poor, asthma is known as the emergency room illness. The playing of a wind instrument is a unique way to provide a creative means for children and teens to understand both the impact of diaphramatic breathing and their ability to control it as well. This study builds upon the evidence, though sparse, that suggest that the blowing of a wind instrument with clinical music therapy intervention strengthens the muscles of breathing and fortifies the incentive toward attending to the daily symptoms and general management of asthma.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: January 2012
• Est. primary completion date: January 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• between the ages of 7 and 18

• diagnosed with asthma

Exclusion Criteria:

• over 18

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

Intervention

Other:
• One time music therapy

• Group music therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Beth Israel Medical Center	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beth Israel Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of Life	The Juniper Questionnaire is a stringent quality of life measure that provides interview for children and teens and their parents. It is one of the few scales that requires these interviews to occur separately, so that children and parents do not feel compelled to answer what they think the other desires to hear. We also used take home journals and a comprehensive medical assessment to learn of ER visits, missed school days, avoidance of medication, and allergens in the home, as well as socio-economic status - these factors are known in the literature to effect outcomes and exacerbations with this population.	6 months	No
Secondary	Increase volume capacity	Spirometry enabled us to analyze the possible effects of wind playing on the child's breathing	6 months	No