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Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) on Internalized Stigma

The Effect of a Group Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) on Internalized Stigma in Adult Psychiatric Inpatients in Acute Care

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05723328
Enrollment
7
Registered
2023-02-10
Start date
2023-04-25
Completion date
2023-04-26
Last updated
2024-07-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Depressive, Mental Health Issues, Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Keywords

Internalized stigma, Music therapy, Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention, Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, Mental Health Issues

Brief summary

This study will use a systematic music therapy intervention on patients with mental illness trying to help them with their internalized stigma.

Detailed description

The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of a systematic music therapy intervention on internalized stigma of mental illness. The secondary objective is to evaluate the potential for the treatment effect to vary across subject diagnostic categories. This study will also examine the ability of the treatment effect to persist after 3 weeks as an exploratory objective. Data collection will be conducted in the Acute Care Unit (ACU) of Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic (HMHCC) over a period of ten months. Subjects will be drawn from the pool of patients admitted to the HMHCC ACU during that time. Adults aged 18-65 with severe mental illness with a diagnosis of bipolar or a related disorder, depressive or anxiety disorder, or schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorders as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders version 5 (DSM-5 : 5th ed.; American Psychiatric Association, 2013), of prolonged duration with a significant degree of disability or social dysfunction (Ruggeri et al., 2000) are eligible to participate. Eligible participants must be able to provide informed consent as determined by the doctor.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALGroup Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR)

Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) is a sequence of group music therapy song-writing and recording sessions framed as a mental health awareness project to be shared with the general public.

Sponsors

American Music Therapy Association
CollaboratorOTHER
Hackensack Meridian Health
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Pseudo cluster randomized controlled design (Borm et al., 2005) will take advantage of the unit's two separate residential areas

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Admitted to the HMHCC ACU * Able to read and comprehend the ISMI questionnaire, provide informed consent, * With a severe mental illness of prolonged duration with a significant degree of disability or social dysfunction

Exclusion criteria

* Patients on S1 status (1:1 patient observation) or isolation protocol * Evidence of organic brain disease, severe acute symptomatology, hearing deficit, and intellectual disability.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory (ISMI) Score Between Pre and Post MTARPost MTAR intervention (day 8-10)The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory will be administered before and after the MTAR intervention and the change in the score will be reported. Primary outcome will be reported only for the treatment arm. The internalized stigma of mental illness inventory is a 29 item questionnaire. Items are scored on a 1-4 scale, with the total scale score calculated as a sum of the items then dividing by the total number of answered items.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in the ISMI Score Based on Diagnostic CategoryPost MTAR intervention (day 8-10)Change in the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory (ISMI) score between pre and post MTAR across subject diagnostic categories. ISMI scores will be compared between subjects with no diagnosis or diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders, as classified by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 5th edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The internalized stigma of mental illness inventory is a 29 item questionnaire. Items are scored on a 1-4 scale, with the total scale score calculated as a sum of the items then dividing by the total number of answered items.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Consented Patients
Patients consented for the Music Therapy Advocacy Recording Intervention (MTAR) on Internalized Stigma by not randomized
7
Total7

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001
Overall StudyInvestigator's Decision52

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicConsented Patients
Age, Customized40 years
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected— Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
7 participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Female
4 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Male
2 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized
Non-binary
1 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 7
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 7
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 7

Outcome results

Primary

Change in the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory (ISMI) Score Between Pre and Post MTAR

The Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory will be administered before and after the MTAR intervention and the change in the score will be reported. Primary outcome will be reported only for the treatment arm. The internalized stigma of mental illness inventory is a 29 item questionnaire. Items are scored on a 1-4 scale, with the total scale score calculated as a sum of the items then dividing by the total number of answered items.

Time frame: Post MTAR intervention (day 8-10)

Population: Study interventions never took place

Secondary

Change in the ISMI Score Based on Diagnostic Category

Change in the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Inventory (ISMI) score between pre and post MTAR across subject diagnostic categories. ISMI scores will be compared between subjects with no diagnosis or diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders, as classified by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 5th edition (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The internalized stigma of mental illness inventory is a 29 item questionnaire. Items are scored on a 1-4 scale, with the total scale score calculated as a sum of the items then dividing by the total number of answered items.

Time frame: Post MTAR intervention (day 8-10)

Population: Study procedures never took place

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