Singing for Wellness: Is Singing a Useful Way of Supporting People in South Devon to Self-manage Aspects of Their COPD

Singing for Wellness: Is Singing a Useful Way of Supporting People in South Devon to Self-manage Aspects of Their COPD: Does a Bespoke Respiratory Choir Provide a Non-medical Intervention for Those With COPD in Our Local Community

The aim of this study is to explore whether singing is a useful way of supporting people in South Devon to self manage aspects of their COPD and associated social isolation. It will also investigate whether a model of bespoke respiratory community choirs provides a useful service for our local community. The study will look at the impact of singing on breathing, wellbeing, frailty and engagement.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: COPD
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: singing

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 26
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Devon
    • Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom, TQ2 7AA
      • Torbay Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 99 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with COPD

  • Evidence of airflow obstruction as measured by spirometry
  • Being independently mobile and able to get to location
  • Being able to give permission to participate
  • Over 18 years old
  • Awaiting pulmonary rehabilitation or have completed pulmonary rehabilitation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lacking capacity to give permission to participate e.g. severe dementia

  • Other health issues which preclude participation e.g. psychosis, unstable physical health
  • Under 18 years of age
  • Not diagnosed with COPD

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Other: singing arm; Singing for Wellness will use an uncontrolled observational study design. Two mixed-cohort, 12-week community choirs will be delivered by experienced vocal practitioners in South Devon localities: Newton Abbott and Torquay. Lung function, frailty and health-related quality of life will be assessed by Spirometry, CRQ (chronic respiratory questionnaire), MRC breathlessness scale, Rockwood frailty and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS). Participants will be assessed at baseline and then again at completion of the 12-week course. Written feedback from participants to capture qualitative experience using narrative and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs). The attrition and attendance rate will also be recorded for later review.

Other: singing; Singing for Wellness will use an uncontrolled observational study design. Two mixed-cohort, 12-week community choirs will be delivered by experienced vocal practitioners in South Devon localities:

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Lung function	Lung function will be assessed by Spirometry (FVC and FEV1)	12 weeks
Lung function	Lung function will be assessed by Medical Research Council (MRC) breathlessness scale (Scores 1-5, good to worse)	12 weeks
Lung function	Lung function will be assessed by Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ), Likert scale 1-7, higher scores indicate better health related quality of life	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mental Wellbeing	Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale which assesses the mental wellbeing (positive mental health) of a person.(scores 1-5 experiences from none of the time to all of the time)	12 weeks
Frailty	Rockwood Frailty Scale to categories a patient into one of nine general frailty classifications.	12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
• Investigators: Study Director: Fiona Roberts, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 10, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): March 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 25, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 23, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): April 24, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 29, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2020
• Last Verified: April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 209103

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No