NCT05346965

Musical Training to Enhance Resilience in Children From Low-income Families

Completed NA Last updated 1 August 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Musical training in Resilience in 64 participants. Completed in 3 July 2023.

Timeline

16 May 2022

Primary endpoint
3 July 2023

3 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Chinese University of Hong Kong
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	64
Start date	16 May 2022
Primary completion	3 July 2023
Estimated completion	3 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Hong Kong

Drugs / interventions tested

• Musical training

Conditions studied

• Resilience — all drugs for Resilience →

Sponsor

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Who can join

Adults 8 to 12, any sex, with Resilience. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Child poverty is a prominent global health issue owing to its detrimental impact on a child's physical and psychosocial well-being. Nearly 356 million children lived in extreme poverty globally before the pandemic and this is estimated to worsen significantly. children growing up in poverty are more vulnerable to its effect and have an increased risk of psychosocial and developmental problems than children from affluent families. The impact of poverty is not only immediate during childhood but can persist into adulthood. Previous studies have shown that Chinese children from low-income families reported significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms, lower levels of self-esteem, quality of life, and life satisfaction than children from affluent families.

Recent studies have revealed the promising effects of musical training to promote psychological well-being among children and adolescents and paediatric brain tumour survivors, improving psychosocial skills of children with autism, to enhance the quality of life and psychological health by promoting positive emotions and cognitive and social development.

Promoting the psychological health of school-aged children from low-income families through enhancing their resilience has received limited research attention. Additionally, there is a lack of intervention studies to promote resilience in school-aged children from low-income families. This proposed research, therefore, aims to conduct a pilot randomised controlled trial to determine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of a musical training programme in enhancing resilience and self-esteem, reducing depressive symptoms and improving the quality of life among children from low-income families.

The findings from the study could inform the policymakers and healthcare professionals in health services design and the importance of advocating the psychological needs of children from low-income families by providing adequate community resources and support. If the programme demonstrates its effectiveness in promoting resilience and self-esteem among children from low-income families, further implementation could be done to maintain its sustainability in the community. Most importantly, the programme may potentially enhance the resilience of the vulnerable children from low-income families to combat poverty and hence break the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Group-based instrumental musical training to enhance resilience among school-aged children from low-income families: A pilot randomised waitlist controlled trial.
   Cheung AT, Ho LLK, Li WHC, Chan GCF, et al · · 2024 · cited 3× · PMID 38481006 · DOI 10.1002/nop2.2134