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Music listening intervention for Sleep Disorder

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Recruiting
Led By Julia Chabot, MD, MSc
Research Sponsored by McGill University
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether music can help patients sleep better in a hospital setting.

Eligible Conditions
  • Sleep Disorder
  • Insomnia
  • Music Therapy
  • Non-musical Sound Listening Intervention

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Number of awakenings during the night measured objectively via sleep logs
Sleep quality measured subjectively via the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) questionnaire
Total sleep time measured objectively via sleep logs
Secondary outcome measures
Availability of the data as a feasibility measure
Cost of the study as a feasibility measure
Duration of stay in hospital
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Trial Design

3Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Music groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The participants will listen to music at bedtime and overnight for 7 consecutive nights. The music selected in our study will be pleasant instrumental slow tempo music in a major mode. It will also be low contrast (without periods of silence).
Group II: Non-musical sounds groupActive Control1 Intervention
The participants will listen to non-musical sounds at bedtime and overnight for 7 consecutive nights. The non-musical sounds will be low-contrast nature sounds such as waves or rain. The investigators plan to use non-musical sounds that align with the frequency range of the musical stimuli.
Group III: Standard of care (Control)Active Control1 Intervention
The participants will have no change to their usual sleep routine on the Geriatric Assessment Unit.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

McGill UniversityLead Sponsor
394 Previous Clinical Trials
998,331 Total Patients Enrolled
St. Mary's Hospital FoundationUNKNOWN
Julia Chabot, MD, MScPrincipal InvestigatorMcGill University

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Music Interventions for the Facilitation of Sleep in the Acute Geriatric Setting
Shek Fung 2022. "Music Interventions for the Facilitation of Sleep in the Acute Geriatric Setting". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05398419.
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