Effects of Music Therapy on Sensory Processing, Adaptive Behavior and Social Interaction
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: music therapy, sensory integration.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Music Therapy. Basic parameters: 6 years — 10 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Investigating the Effects of Music Therapy on Sensory Processing, Adaptive Behavior and Social Interaction in Children With Autism
Overview
The purpose of our study is to examine the effects of music therapy on sensory processing, adaptive behavior, and social interaction in individuals with autism.
Detailed description
The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial. A simple randomization method will be used to randomly assign individuals to two groups (intervention and control groups). A simple randomization method will be used where the intervention and control group papers are selected from a sealed envelope. Following the initial assessment of each participant, one of the papers labeled "intervention" or "control" will be randomly selected. This decision will determine whether the individual will be assigned to the intervention or control group. The study will be conducted at Hacettepe University. The study group and the control group will receive sensory integration training for 45 minutes per day, 2 days per week, for 6 weeks. The children in the control group will receive only sensory integration training, while the study group will receive music therapy training for 30 minutes per day, 2 days per week, for 6 weeks in addition to sensory integration training. Sociodemographic information of the children will be collected before the research and sensory processing problems of the children will be assessed with the Sensory Profile and adaptive behavioral skills will be assessed with the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ADS).
Interventions
- Behavioral music therapy
Music therapy will be applied with drums, maracas, cymbals and orf instruments. It will consist of body rhythms, breathing exercises and rhythm studies. - Behavioral sensory integration
Sensory integration will include sensory modulation activities, vestibular, proprioceptive, tactile, visual and auditory sensory studies.
Primary outcome measures
- sensory profile [Time frame: 1 month]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Adaptive Behavior Scale [Time frame: 1 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Having been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by a child psychiatrist Being between the ages of 6-10 being able to cooperate
Exclusion criteria
Having any neurological, orthopedic or psychiatric diagnosis in addition to autism diagnosis Having undergone any surgical intervention in the last 3 months Being inadequate in understanding visual and auditory commands Having a visual and hearing impairment recorded in the health report
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Hacettepe University — Ankara
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06996795 · HÜ-OT-LKO-05