Telehealth Music Therapy for Adults With Endocrine System Based Autoimmune Disease and a Depressive Disorder: An Intervention Development Study
Appalachian State University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore if a telehealth music therapy intervention helps with quality of life, depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms. It will also explore the participants' relationship to music. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Refine and tailor the music therapy intervention to fit the specific needs of adults living with an autoimmune disease and depression. * Examine the feasibility of the study protocol to support a future full-scale trial * Examine how music therapy impacts quality of life, depression symptoms, and anxiety symptoms * Explore how music therapy impacts one's relationship to music Participants will: * have a short interview to fill out a questionnaire with some basic information, answers about depression, quality of life, and potential anxiety, and a question about how they feel about music at the start and end of the sessions * attend 8 weekly sessions, approximately 30-45 minutes each, with a board certified music therapist over telehealth/Zoom * answer a few questions about the music therapy intervention
Description
Of all known chronic illnesses in the United States, it is reported that autoimmune diseases (AD) are the third most common cause, with an estimated five to eight percent of the population living with one or more AD. Adults living with AD often face chronic health challenges, including increased stress, anxiety, pain, discomfort, social isolation, and depression. Additional evidence supports the use of music therapy to supplement traditional pharmacotherapies to improve physical and mental well-being of people with numerous disease states such as trait anxiety, state anxiety, mood disorders, p…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * self-reported depression * self-reported autoimmune endocrine disease * 18-65 years of age * have a device that supports the Zoom platform (camera and audio) Exclusion Criteria: * intellectual or developmental disability * no auto-immune disease * no depression * lack of access to device * under the age of 18 years * over the age of 65 years
Interventions
- BehavioralTelehealth Resource Oriented Music Therapy
The interventions used during the sessions may include any of the following: Creating play lists, Song discussion, Song writing, Improvisation/Electronic music creation, Music assisted relaxation, Music listening journal, and Music combined with art creation as a form of receptive music therapy.
Location
- Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina