None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The application of music as an intervention has a long history. Music intervention had rapidly developed and was introduced to healthcare settings in mid twentieth century. In clinical settings, music can be applied to alter mood and stress level, as well as to enhance immunity. Five-phase music therapy (FMT) is a modality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is a form of music intervention. For FMT, it was proven to have the potential of benefiting mental issues, such as depression, perinatal mental health, and improving the quality of life and symptoms of cancer patients. In addition, cultural background of the participants could affect the impact of music intervention. Cultural background of the participants is important to consider when conducting music intervention as it plays a crucial role in forming ones’ life perceptions, contributing to their presenting problems, and their responses towards music intervention. This study aims at evaluating whether TCM FMT can bring the same influence to people who are familiar with Chinese culture and those who are not. It is hypothesised that cultural background does not influence the impact of TCM FMT on mood and stress level. This can support the application of FMT in diverse cultural contexts. As this is a pilot study, this can also set as a foundation for future full-scale study with similar topics.
Interventions
The intervention received by the two study groups will be the same. Traditional Chinese medicine five-phase music intervention will be conducted in the two study groups. Five-phase music is composed using the model of five phases (Earth, Metal, Wood, Fire, and Water), which correspond with five music scales - Gong (do), Shang (re), Jue (mi), Zhi (so), Yu (la) respectively. In this study, the Yin-rhythm Wood-phase music piece of the CD “Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Tianyun Five Elements Mu
The intervention received by the two study groups will be the same. Traditional Chinese medicine five-phase music intervention will be conducted in the two study groups. Five-phase music is composed using the model of five phases (Earth, Metal, Wood, Fire, and Water), which correspond with five music scales - Gong (do), Shang (re), Jue (mi), Zhi (so), Yu (la) respectively. In this study, the Yin-rhythm Wood-phase music piece of the CD “Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Tianyun Five Elements Music” published by Beijing Higher Education Audio-Visual Press is selected as the intervention. The music is located in the platform bilibili (Link: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1kP4y1N7RA?spm_id_from=333.337.search-card.all.click ). The length of the music is 25 minutes. It is a one-time online intervention. The participants are required to listen to the music in a quiet, clean, warm and relaxing indoor environment with good ventilation. Throughout the 25 minutes of the audio intervention, the participants are instructed to stay on the intervention page unless they feel unwell or experience any other emergencies. They are instructed to adjust the music to a volume that they feel comfortable with. The participants can listen to the music by using the speakers or headphones. If participants stay in a room alone, they are asked to close the door to keep the room quiet and avoid disruptions from outside. They are required to listen to music alone without any interactions with other people and not to engage other activities during the 25 minutes audio intervention. Participants are required to pay full attention during the audio intervention and maintain a steady breathing rate. Participants will be asked to complete a survey regarding the music intervention afterwards, which is an indication that they have completed the audio intervention.
Sponsors
Wing Yu Yu
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be included if they satisfy all the following criteria. If they signed the consent form, can understand English, have adequate visual and auditory acuity to perform the study tasks, and are classified as Qi Stagnation pattern according to the questionnaire for diagnosis of Qi Stagnation (QDQS), they are eligible for the study. In addition to the above criteria, they have to be raised in a Chinese language environment and can understand (can listen, speak, read and write) Chinese (Chinese means Cantonese, Mandarin or Chinese dialects) to be eligible to be included in Active cultural group. On the other hand, if they were not raised in a Chinese language environment and cannot understand Chinese, they are eligible to be included in Inactive cultural group,
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded if they have medical condition(s), such as uncorrected hearing disabilities, that affect(s) music listening. They will also be excluded if they are receiving Chinese medicine five-phase music therapy in other settings.
Outcome results
None listed