The Focus of the Study is Healthy Volunteers
Conditions
Keywords
Music, Pain, Meaning
Brief summary
The overall goal of this project is to examine the impact of music's meaning on pain. Relationships between trait affect, meaning in life, and subjective qualities of meaningful music will be assessed. We will also conduct interviews with a subset of participants to determine which aspects of music are most meaningful and how this meaning increases or decreases pain sensations.
Interventions
OTHERMusic intervention
Participants will be asked to select different music clips based on meaning, enjoyment and preference.
Sponsors
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
University of Virginia
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18-65 years old * Absence of acute or chronic pain * Normal hearing (either naturally or with assistance of hearing device) * Must be able to wear an EEG * Able to sign consent
Exclusion criteria
* \< 18 or \> 65 years old * Presence of acute pain (brief pain inventory score \> 3) * Pregnant women * Participant reports that they experience pain on more days than not in the past 6 months (i.e., chronic
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Unpleasantness | Baseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention | Participants will be asked to report pain unpleasantness on a 1 - 100 visual analogue scale ranging from 0 (no sensation) to 100 (intolerable pain) |
| Pain Intensity | Baseline/Pre-intervention and During the Intervention | Participants will be asked to report pain intensity on a 1 - 100 visual analogue scale ranging from 0 (no sensation) to 100 (intolerable pain) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Multidimensional Meaning in Life Scale | Baseline/Pre-intervention | The multidimensional meaning in life scale is a 16 item validated questionnaire that measures judgments about life's meaning including three subscales of coherence, purpose and mattering. Participants respond to each item using a 7-point Likert scale (1 = Very strongly disagree, 7 = Very strongly agree). A higher score indicates a stronger sense of that dimension of meaning in life. |
| The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-X (PANAS-X) | Baseline/Pre-Intervention | The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule-X (PANAS-X) is a 60-item measure assessing perceived intensity of various emotions, which are aggregated to form positive and negative affect scales, and a series of subscales. Scores are calculated by summing the numerical values of a 5-point Likert type scale (1 = Very slightly or not at all, 5 = extremely) for each item. Higher scores indicate higher levels of the specific affect being measured. |
| The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities Scale | Baseline/Pre-intervention | The Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities scale is a 9 item survey used to assess how participants typically approach activities in daily life. Participants rate each item on a 7-point Likert type scale (1 = not at all, 7 = very much) with higher scores indicating more hedonic or eudaimonic motives for activities. |
| The Geneva Emotional Music Scale | During the Intervention | Participants will be asked to rate their affective responses to each music clip on a 9-point Likert-type scale. Higher scores indicate a greater experience of each emotion measured. |
| Optional Micro-Phenomenological Interview | Immediately After the Intervention | The objective of the interview is to gain in-depth data on participants' thoughts and feelings about what makes music meaningful to them and how such meaning relates to their experience of pain. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactClaudia Denoue, MD
Outcome results
None listed