Measuring the Effects of Music-Listening On Distress After Intensive Care (MELODIC)
11 de septiembre de 2026 actualizado por: University of Edinburgh
Measuring the Effects of Music-Listening On Distress After Intensive Care (MELODIC): A Single Case Experimental Design Study.
The primary goal of this single-case experimental design study is to investigate the effectiveness of personalised music listening on daily levels of distress after discharge from a critical care ward. The study will also aim to understand the effect of personalised music listening on symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and health-related quality of life post-discharge.
The main questions the study aims to answer are included below.
After discharge from critical care, does personalised music-listening:
- Reduce psychological distress?
- Reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression?
- Improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL)?
The study will have 3 phases, allowing for participant data gathered during the baseline phase (treatment as usual) to be compared to data gathered during intervention (music-listening) and follow-up phases.
Participants will:
- rate their distress on a visual analogue scale each day.
- listen to a minimum of 30 minutes of self-selected music each day during the intervention phase.
- complete measures of mood, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and health-related quality of life at baseline, intervention and follow-up phases.
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Reclutamiento
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Estimado)
9
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
Esta sección proporciona los datos de contacto de quienes realizan el estudio e información sobre dónde se lleva a cabo este estudio.
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: Joanna Rickman, MSc, BSc
- Número de teléfono: 0131 651 3969
- Correo electrónico: J.B.Rickman@sms.ed.ac.uk
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Fife
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Kirkcaldy, Fife, Reino Unido, KY2 5AH
- Reclutamiento
- NHS Fife
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Contacto:
- Joanna Rickman, MSc, BSc
- Número de teléfono: 0131 651 3969
- Correo electrónico: J.B.Rickman@sms.ed.ac.uk
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
No
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older.
- Experienced an admission to an ICU/HDU of any length and not yet participated in InS:PIRE.
- Access to an internet-enabled device and internet connection whilst at home.
- Experiencing some distress relating to their ICU/HDU admission - a cut-off score of 4 on the VAS 'Distress Thermometer' has been used previously (Hofhuis et al., 2025).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Are unable to give informed consent e.g. have a significant cognitive impairment due to illness, injury or neurological condition, or are currently experiencing delirium or acute psychotic illness.
- Have significant communication difficulties or limited English and cannot access validated outcome measures or translation services in the given language.
- Are experiencing a mental health crisis or have recently attempted suicide, where ongoing significant risk of harm to themselves or others remains.
- Have an uncorrected hearing impairment that would prevent them from hearing their music playlist.
- Are participating in another study aimed at reducing distress.
Plan de estudios
Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan de estudio, incluido cómo está diseñado el estudio y qué mide el estudio.
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Tratamiento
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación de un solo grupo
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Comparador activo: Baseline period 5 days
Up to 3 participants will be randomly allocated to a baseline phase of 5 days prior to starting the intervention phase of music-listening.
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Two week personalised music listening intervention, with daily self-directed listening for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
Participants will meet with researcher after first week to review the listening material.
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Comparador activo: Baseline period of 8 days
Up to 3 participants will be randomly allocated to a baseline phase of 8 days prior to starting the intervention phase of music-listening.
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Two week personalised music listening intervention, with daily self-directed listening for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
Participants will meet with researcher after first week to review the listening material.
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Comparador activo: Baseline period of 12 days.
Up to 3 participants will be randomly allocated to a baseline phase of 12 days prior to starting the intervention phase of music-listening.
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Two week personalised music listening intervention, with daily self-directed listening for a minimum of 30 minutes per day.
Participants will meet with researcher after first week to review the listening material.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Change in daily distress scores measured on the visual analogue scale 'Distress Thermometer'
Periodo de tiempo: Daily from enrolment to the end of the follow-up phase (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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Distress Thermometer rates distress on a scale of 0-10, where 0 is equivalent to no distress and 10 indicates the worst possible distress.
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Daily from enrolment to the end of the follow-up phase (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Changes in severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms as measured by the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R).
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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The IES-R is a 22-item self-report measure capturing intrusive, avoidant and hyperarousal symptoms of PTS.
The IES-R evaluates how distressed the individual has been by their symptoms over the past week rated on a Likert scale of 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely).
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Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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Changes in anxiety symptom severity as measured by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale.
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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The GAD-7 is a 7-item measure of anxiety and worry where participants are asked to rate from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) how often they were bothered by difficulties in the past 2 weeks.
The measure has cut-off scores suggesting mild (5-9), moderate (10-14) and severe (15-21) anxiety, with scores above 10 considered within the clinical range for an anxiety disorder.
Clinically significant change is considered to be a reduction in at least 4 points.
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Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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Changes in depression symptom severity as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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The PHQ-9 is a 9-item measure of depression where participants rate from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day) how often they had been bothered by depressive symptoms in the past 2 weeks.
Total score interpretations are none-minimal (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10-14), moderately-severe (15-19) or severe depression (20-27).
Again, scores above 10 are considered in the clinical range.
Clinically significant change is considered to be a reduction in 6 or more points.
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Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life (EQ-5D-5L) scores.
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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The EQ-5D-5L is a short measure of HRQoL which descriptively scores responses to questions across dimensions of mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression and provides a 5 digit code describing participants health state.
Participants are also asked to rate their overall current health on a visual analogue scale between 0 (worst health you can imagine) to 100 (best health you can imagine).
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Baseline, post-intervention (3-4 weeks depending on baseline allocation), and post-follow up (5-6 weeks depending on baseline allocation).
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
Aquí es donde encontrará personas y organizaciones involucradas en este estudio.
Patrocinador
Colaboradores
Investigadores
- Director de estudio: Satu Baylan, DClinPsy, PhD, BSc, University of Edinburgh
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
14 de agosto de 2026
Finalización primaria (Estimado)
1 de enero de 2027
Finalización del estudio (Estimado)
1 de mayo de 2027
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
3 de agosto de 2026
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
7 de agosto de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
13 de agosto de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
16 de septiembre de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
11 de septiembre de 2026
Última verificación
1 de septiembre de 2026
Más información
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Palabras clave
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- CAHSS2601/02
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
NO
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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