Group Music Therapy for Acquired Brain Injury (Meraki_ABI)

University of Valencia

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Acquired Brain Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: MERAKI_ABI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06343662

Meraki_Acquired Brain Injury

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aims to analyse the impact of music therapy-based treatment on the comfort and well-being of patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). To achieve this objective, it is proposed to validate and implement a music therapy-based assessment and treatment protocol. The protocol will be tested in a pilot sample to improve adaptation to the disease and promote integration with the usual health measures of patients with ABI. Implementing a group treatment programme based on music therapy applied to patients with ABI.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient with acquired brain damage who has been admitted to the hospital for at least one week. The patient has experienced a sudden brain injury resulting in physical, psychological, cognitive, behavioural or sensory deficits that have reduced their previous functional capacity and quality of life. The patient is clinically stable enough to undergo rehabilitation and had a good functional situation prior to the episode (Barthel Index > 60).
• Be over 18 years of age.
• The participant or their relatives have signed the informed consent form.
• They have completed the group music therapy intervention session, as well as the pre-test and post-test evaluations.

Exclusion criteria

• Failure to obtain informed consent
• The Barthel Index score is below 60, indicating functional dependency.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

No Intervention: Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients who receive the treatment program, will previously constitute their own control group (waiting list control group).

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients admitted to the brain injury unit will participate in a music therapy protocol starting one week after admission. Prior to the group session, three evaluations will be conducted over six days. Post-treatment assessments will also be conducted to enable longitudinal evaluation of the patient over the course of a week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MERAKI_ABI