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Conditions
Brief summary
The Empowering Sustainable Therapeutic Engagement with Music (ESTEEM) program focuses on enabling people with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in cardiac rehabilitation to develop capacity in self-administering music interventions to address their psychological wellbeing. There are three aims of this pilot study: 1) to determine the feasibility of the ESTEEM program for people with CVDs undergoing cardiac rehabilitation, 2) to collect pilot data necessary for determining the sample size for a larger trial in the future (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress), and 3) to gather information about the participants’ experience. To fulfill these aims, a mixed-method experimental design utilizing randomized controlled trial and semi-structured interview will be implemented. Participants will be randomized to either the intervention group or a waitlist control group. Information will be collected regarding the feasibility of the ESTEEM program and research process, the participants' psychological wellbeing (i.e., depression, anxiety, and stress), and the participants' experience participating in the program and the research process. This mixed-method design enables more comprehensive understanding of the intervention by embedding qualitative data into a randomized controlled trial.
Interventions
We aim to recruit 24 participants from Phase 2-3 cardiac rehabilitation program.
Consenting participants will participate in the Empowering Sustainable Therapeutic Engagement with Music (ESTEEM) program for 8 weeks at the hospital's cardiac rehabilitation unit. In this 8-week program, the participants will attend 4 fortnightly music therapy sessions alternating with 4 fortnightly phone check-ins. ESTEEM is a music therapy program that has been designed to enable people with CVDs in cardiac reha
We aim to recruit 24 participants from Phase 2-3 cardiac rehabilitation program. Consenting participants will participate in the Empowering Sustainable Therapeutic Engagement with Music (ESTEEM) program for 8 weeks at the hospital's cardiac rehabilitation unit. In this 8-week program, the participants will attend 4 fortnightly music therapy sessions alternating with 4 fortnightly phone check-ins. ESTEEM is a music therapy program that has been designed to enable people with CVDs in cardiac rehabilitation to develop capacity in self-administering music interventions to address their psychological wellbeing in the long term. Music interventions in this program consist of multiple music experiences with an emphasis on receptive and recreative experiences. Music therapy sessions will be conducted for 2 hours once every 2 weeks (for 8 weeks; 4 sessions in total). Each session will consist of approximately 6 participants and a Registered Music Therapist (RMT) who will be facilitating the session. Session structure: 1. Warm-up, 2. Learning about music interventions for self-administration, 3. Break: refreshments and social interaction, 4. Collaboratively tailoring the music interventions for each individual participant (i.e., the RMT will implement music therapy process and consider each participant's individual qualities such as music preference, preferred way to engage with music, musical background and relationship with music, preferred coping style, cultural background, etc.), 5. Experiencing the tailored music interventions, 6. Group discussion, reflection, and adjustment of the music interventions, 7. Wrap-up, 8. Post-session social interaction. The participants will be encouraged to self-administer music independently in their daily lives whenever they need. The intervention manual/diary will be provided to the participants to review their music interventions and to record their uses of music. All the materials have been developed specifically for this trial. The alternating fortnightly phone check-ins are intended to check on how the participants are doing with using music on their own and to provide support if they need. This phone conversation with the RMT is expected to last approximately 15 minutes.
Sponsors
The University of Melbourne
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
The participants will be recruited from the research site (i.e., a hospital cardiac rehabilitation unit in Bangkok, Thailand). The inclusion criteria are 1) adult participants in Phase 2-3 of the cardiac rehabilitation program of the research site hospital, 2) clinically stable and showing evidence of expected physical recovery, 3) physically independent, 4) intact cognitive functioning, 5) functional visual/hearing with or without aids, 6) fluent in Thai, 7) able to conveniently travel to the hospital for sessions and data collection, 8) express interest in using music to promote psychological wellbeing and willing to participate throughout the course of the study, and 9) consent to participate in the study and able to make consent independently.
Exclusion criteria
The participants will be excluded if 1) have other health conditions that could be obstacles to participation (such as cognitive, sensory, or communication impairment, and uncontrolled health conditions), 2) have a history of psychiatric or neurological disorder that impedes their capacity to participate in the intervention, 3) have uncontrolled life-threatening condition, 4) participate in a concurrent research study and/or another lifestyle changing program other than cardiac rehabilitation.
Outcome results
None listed