Anxiety State
Conditions
Keywords
Anxiety State, Unipolar Depression, Expert-Curated Playlists, ECT
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to assess whether music listening is helpful in lowering anxiety in patients about to start their ECT treatment.
Detailed description
In-patients at a psychiatric hospital referred to ECT treatment, is offered to participate in the study investigating whether listening to expert-curated playlists before-, during and after ECT treatment is helpful as a non-pharmacological intervention in lowering patients anxiety. After written informed consent, participants will be randomised into two groups, one listening to playlists with music, one listening to sounds from nature (e.g. rain, ocean waves). Playlists will be administered by tablet+earphones in the waiting room, tablet+speaker in the room of procedure and tablet+bedside speaker in the recovery room.
Interventions
OTHERListening to playlists with music prior to-, during and after the ECT procedure
Patients choose between two expert-curated playlists with music one day prior to ECT procedures for the first four weeks of their ECT treatment.
OTHERListening to playlists with sound from nature (rain, waves) prior to-, during and after the ECT procedure
Patients choose between two expert-curated playlists with sounds from nature one day prior to ECT procedures for the first two weeks of their ECT treatment
Sponsors
Aalborg University Hospital
Aalborg University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Masking description
All participants are given a tablet with two playlists to choose from in each arm. Either two playlists with nature sounds, or two playlists with music.
Intervention model description
Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) with three arms, of which one is listening to playlists with sounds from nature for four weeks, one is listening to playlists with expert-curated music for four weeks, one is listening to playlists with expert-curated music for two weeks.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Capable in-patients of age at Aalborg University Hospital, Psychiatry - departments S7 * S8, diagnosed with unipolar or bipolar depression, referred to ECT treatment. * patients assessed to fit the study, by the head of departments S7 & S8 * Voluntary participation in the study after written informed consent. * Patients can withdraw their consent at any point during the treatment trajectory.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients not compliant with the study, as assessed by head of departments * Non-capable patients * Patients who withdraw their written informed consent * Patients using hearing aid * Patients with former ECT treatment experience * Patients who receive acute ECT Treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y1) | First week of ECT treatment | Measurement of patient anxiety before their first-, and before their second ECT procedure. Patients report of anxiety before their ECT treatment and therefore their anxiety is measured in validated STAI-Y1 questionnaire the evening before the first and before the second ECT procedure. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y1) | First four weeks of treatment. | Measurement of patient anxiety before their fifth.-, and before their ninth. ECT procedure. Patients report of anxiety before their ECT treatment and therefore their anxiety is measured in validated STAI-Y1 questionnaire during their first 8 ECT treatments, to see differences in anxiety levels over time (if any). |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety Symptom Scale questionnaire (ASS). | First four weeks of treatment. | Defining the type of anxiety. Validated Anxiety Symptom Scale questionnaire (ASS), measured before 1st., 5th. and 9th. ECT procedure. |
| Non/validated questionnaire on patients experience of treatment quality. | First four weeks of treatment. | Self-made questionnaire on patients' experience of the treatment quality using playlists as an add-on to Treatment As Usual (TAU). |
| Semi-structured Follow-Up interview. | One month after last ECT treatment | Qualitative Follow-Up interview with two participants from each arm, approximately four weeks after their last ECT procedure. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed