Music therapy for deprived children who are exposed to childhood abuse and absolute poverty

Music therapy for abused children in poverty: A 2 stage, single centre, randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN37583186

Enrollment

344

Registered

2010-11-01

Start date

2010-04-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Child abuse/ neglect: physical, verbal, emotional, sexual abuse and neglect. Absolute poverty: Below minimum wage threshold for family in Korea. Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

1. Preliminary survey on 300 children from local child centres in Jeonlabukdo area, Korea to identify children at risk. 2. Pilot study: Individual music therapy for 4 children who are exposed to chil

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between seven to tweleve years old (primary school children's age in Korea) 2. The subject has experienced both childhood abuse/neglect (physical, emotional, verbal, sexual abuse and neglect) and absolute poverty (below minimum wage threshold for family) 3. The subject should be able to visit and attend once a week music therapy session for the trial period 4. The subject has no prior experience of music therapy 5. If the subject is on psychiatric medication, the medication should be stabilised prior to the trial and there should not be any change of medication

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. If the subject has severe mental illnesses such as diagnostic co-morbidity 2. If the subject changes the medication during the trial 3. If the subject does not come to music therapy session without prior notice more than 4 times 4. If the subject has any psychological intervention (art, play, music therapy, or counselling) during the trial 5. If the subject has previous experience of music therapy, or has been in music therapy, art therapy, play therapy recently

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Subscales CBCL and YSR - depressed/anxious, withdrawn, delinquent, aggressive sub-scales. 2. Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) 3. Revised Children?s Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS) 4. Self Esteem Scale (SES) Outcomes measured pre- and post-intervention	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. DVD recordings of the session: both musical and non-musical target behaviours will be measured (in-between selected sessions) 2. In-depth post intervention interview with few participants	—

Countries

Korea, South

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026