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Conditions
Brief summary
This research aims to investigate the effectiveness of Theta and Delta Binaural Beats in Chinese instrumental music in promoting psychological and physical well-being among older adults in Singapore. The null hypothesis is that Theta and Delta Binaural Beats in Chinese instrumental music is not effective in promoting psychological and physical well-being among older adults in Singapore. The alternative hypothesis is that Theta and Delta Binaural Beats in Chinese instrumental music is effective in promoting psychological and physical well-being among older adults in Singapore.
Interventions
The intervention will be a 30-minute audio file containing Chinese instrumental music with Binaural Beats (Theta progressing to Delta Binaural Beats) that has been specially designed for this study. Participants will sit in a quiet room set up by the researchers and listen to the audio file on a laptop through headphones connected via a 3.5mm headphone adaptor once only. Researchers will be seated in the same room as the participants throughout the intervention to ensure fidelity.
Sponsors
Peter Tay Kay Chai
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
The inclusion criteria include participants who are 60 years old and above with self-reported chronic pain for over 3 months.
Exclusion criteria
The exclusion criteria are: (1) cognitive impairment (Abbreviated Mental Test score less than or equal to 6), (2) profound hearing loss, (3) official diagnosis of mental disorders, (4) acute injuries in the past 3 months and (5) unable to understand/ converse in English, Mandarin and/or Chinese dialects.
Outcome results
None listed