The Effects of Music Therapy as a Complementary Intervention in the Treatment of Pediatric Asthma

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02201836

Enrollment

200

Registered

2014-07-28

Start date

2006-01-31

Completion date

2012-01-31

Last updated

2014-07-28

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Conditions

Asthma

Brief summary

The onset of asthma is particularly frightening for children. When the symptoms of asthma decrease, children and parents forget about the maintenance and control of breath and lung volume. Because adherence is so poor, asthma is known as the emergency room illness. The playing of a wind instrument is a unique way to provide a creative means for children and teens to understand both the impact of diaphramatic breathing and their ability to control it as well. This study builds upon the evidence, though sparse, that suggest that the blowing of a wind instrument with clinical music therapy intervention strengthens the muscles of breathing and fortifies the incentive toward attending to the daily symptoms and general management of asthma.

Interventions

OTHEROne time music therapy

OTHERGroup music therapy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

7 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* between the ages of 7 and 18 * diagnosed with asthma

Exclusion criteria

* over 18

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Quality of Life	6 months	The Juniper Questionnaire is a stringent quality of life measure that provides interview for children and teens and their parents. It is one of the few scales that requires these interviews to occur separately, so that children and parents do not feel compelled to answer what they think the other desires to hear. We also used take home journals and a comprehensive medical assessment to learn of ER visits, missed school days, avoidance of medication, and allergens in the home, as well as socio-economic status - these factors are known in the literature to effect outcomes and exacerbations with this population.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Increase volume capacity	6 months	Spirometry enabled us to analyze the possible effects of wind playing on the child's breathing

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026