COVID-19, Mental Health Issue
Conditions
Keywords
Mindfulness, Meditation, Music
Brief summary
Mental health vulnerability due to stress is increased America due to disproportionate effects of social factors such as racism, poverty, education, and criminal justice sentencing. Various meditation and mindfulness approaches have provided evidence of measured reductions in multiple negative dimensions of stress. However, the majority of these studies do not have an adequate representation of Persons of African Descent(PAD) or other marginalized groups and are not designed to be culturally relevant or community based. Music has been shown to alleviate multiple symptoms of stress and has been shown to be a preferred and effective support for meditation and mindfulness. However, its role in stress management in PADs engaged in meditation or mindfulness is seldom studied. This study aims to evaluate the effects of a community-based music mindfulness program on stress management in PAD community members with anxiety and depression during COVID19. Component 2c. Drum Circle Study: Investigators will study the impact of participation in drum circles on anxiety and feelings of connectedness.
Detailed description
The investigators also propose a study to investigate the effects of communal drumming in reducing anxiety and increasing connectedness within drum circle community. Investigators hypothesize that these intervention will lead to reductions in scores on stress scales and will provide preliminary data for studies evaluating these types of community programs as an adjunct to the standard of care. Individuals who attend periodic (i.e. weekly) drum circles will be recruited to join an 8-week paradigm. Drum circle sessions may audio recorded and participants will be informed of this during the consent process. Participants may be asked to undergo Electroencepholography, functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy, and/or other physiological measures before, during, and after the circles. Upon completion of the experiments, participants will be asked to take part in a focus group that will provide valuable feedback on their experience with the mindfulness intervention. Focus groups will last 30-minutes to 1 hour and will occur in-person.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCommunal Drumming
Communal drumming
BEHAVIORALCommunal drumming recordings
Recordings of drumming taken from the music made during a previous component of the study
Sponsors
Yale University
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* ages 16 and older
Exclusion criteria
* ages 15 and younger
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rating of Absorption in music pre vs post sessions | Baseline on day of study visit before drum circle, during drum circle (45min), 30 min after music listening | These ratings are classified on a scale from 0 to 1, with 0 indicating no absorption and 1 indicating complete absorption. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Altered States of Consciousness Rating Scale | Baseline on day of study visit before drum circle, during drum circle (45min), 30 min after music listening | This scale has 94 statements and below each statement is a line with the endpoints "No, not more than usually" and "Yes, much more than usually." Each participant will rate to what extent the statements apply to their particular experience, compared to normal waking consciousness, by making a vertical mark on the line below the statements. Normal waking consciousness corresponds to a mark at the very left end of the scale, i.e.: "No, not more than usually." |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAZA Allsop, MD, PhD
Yale University
Outcome results
None listed