Music Therapy in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Drug: Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor; Other: Music therapy; Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02314195

2172719

Details and patient eligibility

About

Previous studies have highlighted the potential therapeutic benefits of receptive individual music therapy as an adjunct to standard care, in a variety of psychiatric ailments including mood and anxiety disorders. However, the role of music in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder have not been investigated to date. The present study therefore aimed to investigate the efficacy of music therapy as an adjunct to standard treatment, on obsessions in patients with treatment-naïve OCD. Moreover, given the fact that a significant proportion of patients with OCD have other comorbid mood or anxiety disorders, the question of whether therapeutic benefits of music could be expanded to also affect concurrent depressive and anxiety symptoms was explored.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• were at least 18 years or older;
• had axis I diagnosis of OCD according to the criteria delineated by the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders - fourth edition diagnosed by an experienced psychiatrist
• had not received treatment previously for the disorder
• agreed to partake in the study

Exclusion criteria

• refused to partake in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard treatment + music therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy. Music therapy encompassing 12 half-hour sessions of therapist-supervised receptive music therapy scheduled over four weeks

Treatment:

Other: Music therapy

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Drug: Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor

Standard treatment only

Active Comparator group

Description:

Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor plus cognitive behavioral therapy.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Drug: Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor