Effectiveness of binaural auditory beats on stress reduction: a randomized, double-blind and controlled study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0007633

Enrollment

Registered

2022-08-09

Start date

2020-06-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-09-20

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : In this study, we used an audio device manufactured by Dlogixs, Inc. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), which produces a binaural beat to stimulate brainwave production. Subjects in the bina

Mozart - Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c)

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 In C, K 467, Elvira Madigan. Participants chose one of the music and listened to it for 15 minutes in day time (before 2PM) and 30 minutes for night time for three weeks

scraping non-woven fabric sound, birdsong, white noise.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Stress were defined according to PSS, BDI-II, ISI and STAI-S scores. Those with PSS score 14 or higher were evaluated to be stressful. As stress can induce depressed mood, insomnia and anxiety, we also included the either of the followings in criteria: BDI-II 20-45, STAI-S >=39, ISI 8-21.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included; (1) history of neurological deficit (dementia, brain injury, seizure disorder), (2) presence of major psychiatric disorder, (3) treated for pituitary, thyroid, or adrenal disease, (4) being pregnant or lactating, (5) persons with acute stress (death of family, restraint, divorce, separation, debt, delinquency, affair, business failure, serious illness, marriage, etc.) within 4 weeks, (6) receiving cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, neurofeedback, or meditation therapy within 1 year, (7) taking psychiatric drugs, oral steroids or corticosteroids, health functional foods related to stress and sleep improvement within 2 weeks.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Perceived stress scale ;Beck Depression Inventory ;Insomnia Severity Index ;State-trait anxiety inventory	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ;Quality of life scale abbreviated version ;Quantitative electroencephalography ;Heart rate variability	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactMinJi Lee

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

netu4@naver.com+82-31-787-6244

Outcome results