Music-based Mindfulness Intervention for Elevated Race-based Anxiety in the Black Community

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Digital Music-based Mindfulness Intervention for Elevated Race-based Anxiety in the Black Community: a Replication and Extension

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05746312
• Other study ID #: IRB21-0256
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 16, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 21, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2023
• Source: Harvard University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study uses a multiple-baseline design and aims to replicate findings that a digital music-based mindfulness intervention can reduce elevated race-based state anxiety in Black Americans.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 8
• Est. completion date: January 21, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 21, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Familiarity with meditation
• Turns to music for emotional support
• Elevated trait anxiety (>=12 on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait [STAIT]-5)
• Majority of anxiety comes from racism or discrimination (>=60 on a scale of 0 [not at all] to 100 [entirely] for the following question; "If you are a racial or ethnic minority, how much do you feel that racism and/or discrimination contribute to your elevated anxiety levels?")." Exclusion Criteria: -

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• healing attempt
The intervention consists of pre-composed and pre-recorded guided meditations, songs, and poems that total 25 minutes in duration. The elements of the intervention were set to background music tracks that were informed by Black diasporic music traditions and anxiety reduction principles from the music therapy literature.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Harvard University	Cambridge	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harvard University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	State anxiety	Assessed with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - 6 [Higher Score = More Anxiety]	Duration of study visit (60-90 minutes)