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NCT Number: NCT05746312

Music-based Mindfulness Intervention for Elevated Race-based Anxiety in the Black Community

This study uses a multiple-baseline design and aims to replicate findings that a digital music-based mindfulness intervention can reduce elevated race-based state anxiety in Black Americans.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Familiarity with meditation
  • Turns to music for emotional support
  • Elevated trait anxiety (>=12 on the State Trait Anxiety Inventory - Trait [STAIT]-5)
  • Majority of anxiety comes from racism or discrimination (>=60 on a scale of 0 [not at all] to 100 [entirely] for the following question; "If you are a racial or ethnic minority, how much do you feel that racism and/or discrimination contribute to your elevated anxiety levels?")."

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

healing attempt

Behavioral

The intervention consists of pre-composed and pre-recorded guided meditations, songs, and poems that total 25 minutes in duration. The elements of the intervention were set to background music tracks that were informed by Black diasporic music traditions and anxiety reduction principles from the music therapy literature.

Primary outcomes

  1. State anxiety

    Time frame: Duration of study visit (60-90 minutes)

    Assessed with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - 6 [Higher Score = More Anxiety]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Harvard University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Digital Music-based Mindfulness Intervention for Elevated Race-based Anxiety in the Black Community: a Replication and Extension

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Feb 27, 2023
Registry last updated
Feb 27, 2023

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