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NCT Number: NCT04085848

Music Against Psychological Pain in Suicide

This study compares the efficacy of music therapy associated with standard care versus the standard care alone on the psychological pain in suicidal patients.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Etablissement Public de Santé Mentale de La Réunion

Saint-Paul, 97460, Reunion

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Erick GOKALSING

CONTACT

Erick GOKALSING, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Pauline MASCAREL, MD

SUB_INVESTIGATOR

About this study

Music therapy consists of using the Music Care tool. Each patient randomized in the music therapy arm should perform 4 music therapy sessions of 30 minutes on 48h.

Before and after each music therapy sessions, the psychological pain will be measured by the analogical visual scale.

Standard care consists of a medical and paramedical interview lasting 20-30 minutes. At the end of the interview, a drug treatment (BZD anxiolytic and/or hypnotic) is prescribed and the patient is hospitalized. During hospitalization, patient is regularly interviewed in order to evaluate his psychological status.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient with suicidal ideas, thoughts or surviving suicide attempt
  • Patient whose emergency somatic management lasted less than 48h
  • Patient who, according to the physician, is still in suicidal mood
  • Patient admitted in the psychiatric hospitalization unit of the Public Mental Health Establishment
  • Patient with voluntary admission and agrees to stay in hospital from 48h to 60h
  • Patient able to write and read in french
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme
  • Patient who gives his Informed consent before any procedure related to the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient with attempt suicide requiring a somatic care (intensive, surgery, gastric lavage...)
  • Patient with medical history of audiogenic and/or musicogenic epilepsy
  • Patient with major impairment of hearing function
  • Patient unable to support the headhset earphone
  • Patient with contra indication to BZD, hypnotics (Zopiclone) or requiring more sedative and/or psychotic drugs
  • Patient under guardianship or under judicial protection
  • Patient hospitalized at the request of a third party or ex officio

Treatment and study plan

Music Therapy

Other

4 music therapy sessions during a period of time of 48 hours. Each session lasts 30 minutes.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from inclusion psychological pain at 48 hours after inclusion

    Time frame: 48 hours after inclusion

    Pain analogical visual scale (scale ranges : from 0 to 10) min = 0 = no psychological pain and max = 10 = maximum psychological pain

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Emilie TECHER

CONTACT

[email protected]

+2 62 262 90 62 89

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Controlled, Randomized Study Evaluating the Effecacy of Receptive Music Therapy on Psychological Pain in Suicidal Patients

Acronym: MAPPS

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Sep 11, 2019
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2025

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