Trial reportBMC pediatrics2012
Randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy's effectiveness for children with autism spectrum disorders (TIME-A): study protocol.
Trial report in BMC pediatrics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.
- Music therapy for autistic people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Music therapy for people with autism spectrum disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Interventions based on the Theory of Mind cognitive model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Preventing fear return in humans: Music-based intervention during reactivation-extinction paradigm.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Attunement in Music Therapy for Young Children with Autism: Revisiting Qualities of Relationship as Mechanisms of Change.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Trial
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- Mechanistic research approaches in music therapy for pain: Humanizing and contextualized options for clinician-researchers.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Estimating Components and Costs of Standard Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Europe from a Large International Sample.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- The State of Music Therapy Studies in the Past 20 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
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- The Therapeutic Relationship as Predictor of Change in Music Therapy with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- The challenges and benefits of a genuine partnership between Music Therapy and Neuroscience: a dialog between scientist and therapist.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2015Article
- Psychiatry and music.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2014Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research has suggested that music therapy may facilitate skills in areas typically affected by autism spectrum disorders such as social interaction and communication. However, generalisability of previous findings has been restricted, as studies were limited in either methodological accuracy or the clinical relevance of their approach. The aim of this study is to determine effects of improvisational music therapy on social communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorders. An additional aim of the study is to examine if variation in dose of treatment (i.e., number of music therapy sessions per week) affects outcome of therapy, and to determine cost-effectiveness. METHODS/
designChildren aged between 4;0 and 6;11 years who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions. Parents of all participants will receive three sessions of parent counselling (at 0, 2, and 5 months). In addition, children randomised to the two intervention groups will be offered individual, improvisational music therapy over a period of five months, either one session (low-intensity) or three sessions (high-intensity) per week. Generalised effects of music therapy will be measured using standardised scales completed by blinded assessors (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, ADOS) and parents (Social Responsiveness Scale, SRS) before and 2, 5, and 12 months after randomisation. Cost effectiveness will be calculated as man years. A group sequential design with first interim look at N = 235 will ensure both power and efficiency. DISCUSSION: Responding to the need for more rigorously designed trials examining the effectiveness of music therapy in autism spectrum disorders, this pragmatic trial sets out to generate findings that will be well generalisable to clinical practice. Addressing the issue of dose variation, this study's results will also provide information on the relevance of session frequency for therapy outcome.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN78923965.
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